détonations
\de.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“détonations” is uncommon French (frequency #52,646 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,646
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de détonation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detonations · détonations · French
détonations · rank #52,646 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,646
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH détestation
Nearest frequency peer: détestation (-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 « détonations »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- 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
- détruirait
détruirait
47,353 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « détonations » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détonations |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #52,646 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détonations » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détonations is uncommon French at frequency #52,646 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.tɔ.na.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de détonation.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for détonations, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is détonations, spelled D-É-T-O-N-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de détonation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how détonations appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les cris mêlés aux détonations enflaient sous son crâne, comme des colloïdes d’argile s’agglutinant sur d’autres particules, fabriquant une pâte grossissant inexorablement.
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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