détrônement

\de.tʁon.mɑ̃\

/\de.tʁon.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“détrônement” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de détrôner ou le fait d’être détrôné.

Corpus desk

Index FR-detronement · détrônement · French

détrônement · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for détrônement
PropertyValue
Headworddétrônement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.tʁon.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « détrônement » en français

détrônementreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

détrônement is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.tʁon.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

détrônement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 détrônement, spelled D-É-T-R-Ô-N-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de détrôner ou le fait d’être détrôné.
  2. 2
    Perte de la première place, de la position de meneur, de son rang et donc le fait de passer en arrière-plan au profit d’un autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La mort de ce prince suivit de près son détrônement.
  2. Rabelais dépeint le détrônement de deux rois : Picrochole dans Gargantua et Anarche dans Pantagruel.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "détrônement"?
"détrônement" is spelled D-É-T-R-Ô-N-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.tʁon.mɑ̃\.
What does "détrônement" mean?
As a noun, "détrônement" means: Action de détrôner ou le fait d’être détrôné.
How do you pronounce "détrônement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "détrônement" is \de.tʁon.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "détrônement" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list