détorquer
\de.tɔʁ.ke\
The verdict
“détorquer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éluder la force d'un raisonnement, d'une autorité, lui donner une autre explication.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detorquer · détorquer · French
détorquer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | détorquer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.tɔʁ.ke\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détorquer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détorquer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.tɔʁ.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
détorquer has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 détorquer, spelled D-É-T-O-R-Q-U-E-R.
Definition
- 1Éluder la force d'un raisonnement, d'une autorité, lui donner une autre explication.
- 2Donner un sens forcé à un texte pour favoriser une opinion. Tirer le sens par les cheveux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how détorquer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils eussent sans doute désiré qu'ils fussent des bourgeois comme eux; le tout équipé d'ailleurs à l'aide de ces fameuses pièces que l'on épluche, que l'on détorque, que l'on trie.
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.