détourner le regard
\de.tuʁ.ne lə ʁə.ɡaʁ\
The verdict
“détourner le regard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Regarder ailleurs pour ne plus voir quelque chose qui gêne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detourner-le-regard · détourner le regard · French
détourner le regard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | détourner le regard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.tuʁ.ne lə ʁə.ɡaʁ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détourner le regard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détourner le regard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \de.tuʁ.ne lə ʁə.ɡaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
détourner le regard has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is détourner le regard, spelled D-É-T-O-U-R-N-E-R- -L-E- -R-E-G-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1Regarder ailleurs pour ne plus voir quelque chose qui gêne.
- 2Ne pas tenir compte de quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how détourner le regard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il faut, en effet, « une grande innocence de pensée dans les esprits pour que le dévêtement féminin ne provoque chez les hommes non seulement aucun geste, aucune parole déplacée, mais ne détourne pas leur regard et ne suscite dans leur cœur aucune convoitise.
Alors on s’éloigne, on se lasse, on détourne le regard et on donne, de fait, le droit aux belligérants de massacrer à huis clos, de commettre des atrocités sans nom, car sans images.
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.