détruisirent

\de.tʁɥi.ziʁ\

/\de.tʁɥi.ziʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“détruisirent” is uncommon French (frequency #65,104 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,104
frequency rank, French
404,891
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de détruire.

Key facts for détruisirent
PropertyValue
Headworddétruisirent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.tʁɥi.ziʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#65,104
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “détruisirent” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). détruisirent lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

détruisirent is uncommon French at frequency #65,104 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \de.tʁɥi.ziʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de détruire.".

détruisirent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is détruisirent, spelled D-É-T-R-U-I-S-I-R-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de détruire.

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 "détruisirent"?
"détruisirent" is spelled D-É-T-R-U-I-S-I-R-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \de.tʁɥi.ziʁ\.
What does "détruisirent" mean?
As a verb, "détruisirent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de détruire.
How do you pronounce "détruisirent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "détruisirent" is \de.tʁɥi.ziʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "détruisirent" come from?
"détruisirent" 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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Using “détruisirent”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is D-É-T-R-U-I-S-I-R-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \de.tʁɥi.ziʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list