détresses
\de.tʁɛs\
The verdict
“détresses” is uncommon French (frequency #82,896 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,896
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de détresse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-detresses · détresses · French
détresses · rank #82,896 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,896
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH désherbant
Nearest frequency peer: désherbant (-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 « détresses »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dépérit
dépérit
17,109 corpus weight
- déroulèrent
déroulèrent
17,107 corpus weight
- désherbant
désherbant
17,106 corpus weight
- détresses
détresses
17,105 corpus weight
- dévalant
dévalant
17,104 corpus weight
- dînent
dînent
17,103 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « détresses » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détresses |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.tʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détresses » en français
Rare enough to double-check
détresses is uncommon French at frequency #82,896 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.tʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de détresse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for détresses, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 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 détresses, spelled D-É-T-R-E-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de détresse.
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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