détourné

\de.tuʁ.ne\

/\de.tuʁ.ne\/ adj

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The verdict

“détourné” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,560. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,560
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit des endroits écartés ou des moyens de communication qui ne sont pas directs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-detourne · détourné · French

détourné · rank #12,560 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,560
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH eco

Nearest frequency peer: eco (+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 « détourné »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « détourné » 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).

détourné vs détours
75% similar
détourné vs détourner
78% similar
détourné vs détournée
89% similar

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

Key facts for détourné
PropertyValue
Headworddétourné
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\de.tuʁ.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,560
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « détourné »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).détournése 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 « eco » (#12,561), « désespéré » (#12,558), « dépassement » (#12,557). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « détourné » est au #12,560. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around détourné (IPA \de.tuʁ.ne\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,560 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for détourné, with forms such as "ddétourné", "detourne", and "dtéourné". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "détours", "détourner", "détournée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is détourné, spelled D-É-T-O-U-R-N-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dit des endroits écartés ou des moyens de communication qui ne sont pas directs.
  2. 2
    …
  3. 3
    …

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how détourné appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Rue détournée.
  2. Sentier détourné.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddétourné
  • detourne
  • dtéourné
  • déoturné
  • détoruné
  • détounré
  • détournné
  • détourrné
  • détourén
  • déttourné
  • détuorné
  • édtourné

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddétourné1detourne2dtéourné2déoturné2détoruné2détounré2détournné1détourrné1
Edit distance from "détourné"

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 "détourné"?
"détourné" is spelled D-É-T-O-U-R-N-É. The IPA pronunciation is \de.tuʁ.ne\.
What does "détourné" mean?
As an adjective, "détourné" means: Se dit des endroits écartés ou des moyens de communication qui ne sont pas directs.
What words are commonly confused with "détourné"?
"détourné" is commonly confused with "détours", "détourner", "détournée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "détourné"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "détourné" is \de.tuʁ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "détourné" come from?
"détourné" 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 "détourné", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

estimant#12,565décevant#12,554durables#12,552fasciste#12,568

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

fermiers12 variantsconsigne12 variantsbanlieues12 variantsjuristes12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list