détournant

\de.tuʁ.nɑ̃\

/\de.tuʁ.nɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“détournant” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,485. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,485
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de détourner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-detournant · détournant · French

détournant · rank #35,485 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #35,485
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH désaveu

Nearest frequency peer: désaveu (-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 « détournant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « détournant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

détournant vs détournent
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for détournant
PropertyValue
Headworddétournant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.tuʁ.nɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#35,485
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « détournant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.détournantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « désaveu » (#35,484), « dévastation » (#35,486), « dérisoires » (#35,483). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « détournant » est au #35,485. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around détournant (IPA \de.tuʁ.nɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,485 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de détourner.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for détournant, with forms such as "ddétournant", "detournant", and "dtéournant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "détournent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 détournant, spelled D-É-T-O-U-R-N-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de détourner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddétournant
  • detournant
  • dtéournant
  • déoturnant
  • détorunant
  • détounrant
  • détourannt
  • détournannt
  • détournantt
  • détournatn
  • détournnant
  • détournnat
  • détourrnant
  • déttournant
  • détuornant
  • édtournant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of détournant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddétournant1detournant1dtéournant2déoturnant2détorunant2détounrant2détourannt2détournannt1
Edit distance from "détournant"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "détournant"?
"détournant" is spelled D-É-T-O-U-R-N-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.tuʁ.nɑ̃\.
What does "détournant" mean?
As a verb, "détournant" means: Participe présent de détourner.
What words are commonly confused with "détournant"?
"détournant" is commonly confused with "détournent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "détournant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "détournant" is \de.tuʁ.nɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "détournant" come from?
"détournant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "détournant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dérisoires#35,483Düsseldorf#35,487embrouillé#35,492engendrées#35,497

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

lampadaires16 variantsutiliseront16 variantsprescrites16 variantspénalement16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list