télédétection
\te.le.de.tɛk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“télédétection” is uncommon French (frequency #58,323 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,323
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble des connaissances et techniques utilisées pour déterminer des caractéristiques physiques et biologiques d'objets par des mesures effectuées à distance, sans contact matériel avec ceux-ci.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | télédétection |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \te.le.de.tɛk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #58,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “télédétection” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
télédétection is uncommon French at frequency #58,323 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \te.le.de.tɛk.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble des connaissances et techniques utilisées pour déterminer des caractéristiques physiques et biologiques d'objets par des mesures effectuées à distance, sans contact matériel avec ceux-ci.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for télédétection, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is télédétection, spelled T-É-L-É-D-É-T-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des connaissances et techniques utilisées pour déterminer des caractéristiques physiques et biologiques d'objets par des mesures effectuées à distance, sans contact matériel avec ceux-ci.
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.
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Using “télédétection”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-É-L-É-D-É-T-E-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.