détox

\de.tɔks\

/\de.tɔks\/ noun

The verdict

“détox” is uncommon French (frequency #52,647 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,647
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Désintoxication, élimination des toxines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-detox · détox · French

détox · rank #52,647 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,647
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH détonations

Nearest frequency peer: détonations (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « détox »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « détox » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for détox
PropertyValue
Headworddétox
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.tɔks\
Letters5
Frequency rank#52,647
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « détox » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.détoxtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « détonations » (#52,646), « détruirait » (#52,648), « détestation » (#52,645). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « détox » est au #52,647. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

détox is uncommon French at frequency #52,647 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.tɔks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Désintoxication, élimination des toxines.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for détox, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 détox, spelled D-É-T-O-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Désintoxication, élimination des toxines.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Côté gourmandise – parce que détox ne rime pas avec « fadeur » –, vous découvrirez de nombreuses recettes de légumes et jus ultra-vitaminés !
  2. Envie de détox, de sport et de frugalité.

This word in other languages

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 "détox"?
"détox" is spelled D-É-T-O-X. The IPA pronunciation is \de.tɔks\.
What does "détox" mean?
As a noun, "détox" means: Désintoxication, élimination des toxines.
How do you pronounce "détox"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "détox" is \de.tɔks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "détox" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list