valoir le détour
The verdict
“valoir le détour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mériter une visite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-valoir-le-detour · valoir le détour · French
valoir le détour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | valoir le détour |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « valoir le détour » en français
Rare enough to double-check
valoir le détour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mériter une visite.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for valoir le détour in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is valoir le détour, spelled V-A-L-O-I-R- -L-E- -D-É-T-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Mériter une visite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how valoir le détour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils eurent vite l'impression d'être les seuls touristes, visitant une vieille station oubliée par le chemin de fer, les autoroutes et les agences de voyage. A part Geneviève, rien qui valût le détour !
Bien sûr vous avez commencé votre visite par la salle des fêtes, mais Patelin vaut vraiment le détour, puisque dans le genre, c'est le nec plus ultra des trous paumés.
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.