détrônement
\de.tʁon.mɑ̃\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | détrônement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.tʁon.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « détrônement » en français
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
- 1Action de détrôner ou le fait d’être détrôné.
- 2Perte 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 examplesThese source excerpts show how détrônement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La mort de ce prince suivit de près son détrônement.
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.