détonner
\de.tɔ.ne\
The verdict
“détonner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sortir du ton qu’on doit garder pour chanter juste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detonner · détonner · French
détonner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détonner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.tɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détonner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détonner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.tɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for détonner, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is détonner, spelled D-É-T-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sortir du ton qu’on doit garder pour chanter juste.
- 2Contenir des choses qui ne sont pas dans le ton général, en parlant des choses ou des personnes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how détonner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il n’a pas l’oreille juste, il détonne à tout moment.
Le secret est de ne pas les écouter quand ils détonnent ou quand ils changent la mélodie, et de jouer au piano, avec un rythme bien appuyé quelque chose qui ressemble à ce qu’il croit avoir dicté, mais qui, musicalement, a un sens.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.