détriment

\de.tʁi.mɑ̃\

/\de.tʁi.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“détriment” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,291. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,291
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dommage, préjudice, désavantage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-detriment · détriment · French

détriment · rank #6,291 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,291
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH défendu

Nearest frequency peer: défendu (-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 « détriment »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « détriment » 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).

détriment vs détruisent
80% similar
détriment vs détient
78% similar
détriment vs dérivent
78% similar

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

Key facts for détriment
PropertyValue
Headworddétriment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.tʁi.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,291
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « détriment »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.détrimentse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « défendu » (#6,290), « education » (#6,292), « dormi » (#6,289). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « détriment » est au #6,291. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around détriment (IPA \de.tʁi.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,291 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for détriment, with forms such as "ddétriment", "detriment", and "dtériment". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "détruisent", "détient", "dérivent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is détriment, spelled D-É-T-R-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dommage, préjudice, désavantage.
  2. 2
    Résidus de la désagrégation d’un matériau.
  3. 3
    Restes (dépouille mortelle).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Où irait-on, si, sous le prétexte du bonheur général, on engraissait le consommateur au détriment du producteur ?
  2. Entre autres, on y allègue que des informations "qui peuvent être démontrées fausses" ont été propagées par les avocats de Donald Trump et le réseau Fox et certains de ses animateurs, au détriment de ces deux sociétés, entre autres qu’elles auraient été fondées grâce à de l’argent des régimes cubains et vénézuéliens pour produire des machines à voler les…

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddétriment
  • detriment
  • dtériment
  • dértiment
  • détirment
  • détriemnt
  • détrimennt
  • détrimentt
  • détrimetn
  • détrimment
  • détrimnet
  • détrmient
  • détrriment
  • déttriment
  • édtriment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of détriment - 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.

ddétriment1detriment1dtériment2dértiment2détirment2détriemnt2détrimennt1détrimentt1
Edit distance from "détriment"

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 "détriment"?
"détriment" is spelled D-É-T-R-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.tʁi.mɑ̃\.
What does "détriment" mean?
As a noun, "détriment" means: Dommage, préjudice, désavantage.
What words are commonly confused with "détriment"?
"détriment" is commonly confused with "détruisent", "détient", "dérivent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "détriment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "détriment" is \de.tʁi.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "détriment" come from?
"détriment" 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 "détriment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list