détournes
\de.tuʁn\
The verdict
“détournes” is uncommon French (frequency #91,633 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,633
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de détourner.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détournes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.tuʁn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “détournes” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
détournes is uncommon French at frequency #91,633 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.tuʁn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for détournes, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is détournes, spelled D-É-T-O-U-R-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de détourner.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de détourner.
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.
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Using “détournes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-É-T-O-U-R-N-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.tuʁn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.