détours

\de.tuʁ\

/\de.tuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“détours” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,566
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de détour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-detours · détours · French

détours · rank #24,566 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,566
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH E3

Nearest frequency peer: E3 (+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 « détours »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « détours » 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).

détours vs devoirs
57% similar
détours vs détruis
71% similar
détours vs dehors
57% similar

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

Key facts for détours
PropertyValue
Headworddétours
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.tuʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,566
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « détours »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).détoursse 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 « E3 » (#24,567), « désignées » (#24,564), « déposant » (#24,563). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « détours » est au #24,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around détours (IPA \de.tuʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,566 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de détour.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for détours, with forms such as "ddétours", "detours", and "dtéours". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "devoirs", "détruis", "dehors", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is détours, spelled D-É-T-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de détour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais elle présuppose une amitié du discours, une possibilité de s’y reconnaître en philosophie, de désenvoiler et désenfler les langages et les détours dans l’occasion de raconter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddétours
  • detours
  • dtéours
  • déoturs
  • détorus
  • détourrs
  • détourss
  • détousr
  • déttours
  • détuors
  • édtours

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of détours - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddétours1detours1dtéours2déoturs2détorus2détourrs1détourss1détousr2
Edit distance from "détours"

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 "détours"?
"détours" is spelled D-É-T-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \de.tuʁ\.
What does "détours" mean?
As a noun, "détours" means: Pluriel de détour.
What words are commonly confused with "détours"?
"détours" is commonly confused with "devoirs", "détruis", "dehors". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "détours"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "détours" is \de.tuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "détours" come from?
"détours" 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 "détours", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

déporté#24,562décrète#24,554discord#24,541destiny#24,539

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

droitier11 variantsfaisions11 variantsfocalise11 variantsCracovie11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list