détrôner

\det.ʁo.ne\

/\det.ʁo.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“détrôner” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,006. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,006
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Déposséder de la puissance souveraine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-detroner · détrôner · French

détrôner · rank #35,006 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,006
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH détestez

Nearest frequency peer: détestez (-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 « détrôner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « détrôner » 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).

détrôner vs dérober
63% similar
détrôner vs déroger
63% similar
détrôner vs destroyer
56% similar

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

Key facts for détrôner
PropertyValue
Headworddétrôner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\det.ʁo.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#35,006
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « détrôner »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).détrônerse 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 « détestez » (#35,005), « détériore » (#35,007), « dévie » (#35,008). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « détrôner » est au #35,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around détrôner (IPA \det.ʁo.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,006 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for détrôner, with forms such as "ddétrôner", "detroner", and "dtérôner". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "dérober", "déroger", "destroyer", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is détrôner, spelled D-É-T-R-Ô-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Déposséder de la puissance souveraine.
  2. 2
    Déposséder quelqu’un (ou quelque chose) de son crédit, de sa notoriété, de son rang.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La révolution qui détrôna Louis XVI.
  2. Les géants de l’acier ont détrôné les rois du pétrole en 2004.

This word in other languages

dethrone(English)destronar(Español)absetzen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddétrôner
  • detroner
  • dtérôner
  • dértôner
  • détrnôer
  • détrrôner
  • détrôenr
  • détrônerr
  • détrônner
  • détrônre
  • déttrôner
  • détôrner
  • édtrôner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of détrôner - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddétrôner1detroner2dtérôner2dértôner2détrnôer2détrrôner1détrôenr2détrônerr1
Edit distance from "détrôner"

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 "détrôner"?
"détrôner" is spelled D-É-T-R-Ô-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \det.ʁo.ne\.
What does "détrôner" mean?
As a verb, "détrôner" means: Déposséder de la puissance souveraine.
What words are commonly confused with "détrôner"?
"détrôner" is commonly confused with "dérober", "déroger", "destroyer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "détrôner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "détrôner" is \det.ʁo.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "détrôner" come from?
"détrôner" 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 "détrôner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

détestez#35,005effusion#35,011emballée#35,013démentie#34,997

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

déplaçait13 variantsentièreté13 variantsdisposera13 variantsexécuteur13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list