détestons
\de.tɛs.tɔ̃\
The verdict
“détestons” is uncommon French (frequency #88,568 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,568
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de détester.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detestons · détestons · French
détestons · rank #88,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,568
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH déterrés
Nearest frequency peer: déterrés (-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 « détestons »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- désincarnée
désincarnée
11,436 corpus weight
- désordonnées
désordonnées
11,435 corpus weight
- déterrés
déterrés
11,434 corpus weight
- détestons
détestons
11,433 corpus weight
- efficiency
efficiency
11,432 corpus weight
- EHF
EHF
11,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « détestons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détestons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.tɛs.tɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détestons » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détestons is uncommon French at frequency #88,568 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.tɛs.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for détestons, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is détestons, spelled D-É-T-E-S-T-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de détester.
- 2Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de détester.
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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