détestation
\de.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“détestation” is uncommon French (frequency #52,645 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,645
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Horreur qu’on a de quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detestation · détestation · French
détestation · rank #52,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,645
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH désintégrer
Nearest frequency peer: désintégrer (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « détestation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- déréglement…
déréglementation
47,359 corpus weight
- désemparée
désemparée
47,358 corpus weight
- désintégrer
désintégrer
47,357 corpus weight
- détestation
détestation
47,356 corpus weight
- détonations
détonations
47,355 corpus weight
- détox
détox
47,354 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « détestation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détestation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détestation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détestation is uncommon French at frequency #52,645 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Horreur qu’on a de quelque chose.".
Zero misspellings are on record for détestation in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is détestation, spelled D-É-T-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Horreur qu’on a de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how détestation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La pénitence enferme une sincère détestation du péché.
Comment accorder la tolérance de Sybil à l’égard de King et la détestation qu’elle montrait pour lui un jour plus tôt ?
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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