détester
\de.tɛs.te\
The verdict
“détester” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,863. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,863
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maudire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detester · détester · French
détester · rank #10,863 · 13 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,863
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déroulée
Nearest frequency peer: déroulée (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « détester »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- drones
drones
89,141 corpus weight
- débutant
débutant
89,140 corpus weight
- déroulée
déroulée
89,139 corpus weight
- détester
détester
89,138 corpus weight
- endormi
endormi
89,137 corpus weight
- entendez
entendez
89,136 corpus weight
What this shows « détester » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détester |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.tɛs.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,863 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « détester »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around détester (IPA \de.tɛs.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,863 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for détester, with forms such as "ddétester", "detester", and "dtéester". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "détestes", "détestez", "déteste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is détester, spelled D-É-T-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Maudire.
- 2Avoir en aversion ; réprouver.
- 3Ne pas supporter ; ne pas aimer ; ne pas apprécier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how détester appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh ! Dieu merci, non ; cela m’est bien égal. Je hais profondément la huguenoterie, mais je ne déteste pas les huguenots, et puis c’est la mode.
Sa femme était morte, ses enfants le détestaient, une rebeue lui parlait comme à un chien, pour le Syndicat il était un traître, pour le gouvernement le dernier des cons, il ne serait pas ministre et sans doute plus député pour longtemps, qu'est-ce qui lui restait ?
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddétester
- detester
- dtéester
- déetster
- détesetr
- détesster
- détesterr
- détestre
- détestter
- détetser
- détseter
- déttester
- édtester
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of détester - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Similar misspelling depth
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