divide

[dɪvaɪd]

/[dɪvaɪd]/ verb

The verdict

“divide” is uncommon German (frequency #66,124 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,124
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - teilen, dividieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-divide · divide · German

divide · rank #66,124 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,124
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Distel

Nearest frequency peer: Distel (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „divide“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „divide“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for divide
PropertyValue
Headworddivide
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[dɪvaɪd]
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,124
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „divide“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).dividefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Distel“ (#66,123), „Dolche“ (#66,125), „Diphtherie“ (#66,122). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „divide“ bei #66,124. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

divide is uncommon German at frequency #66,124 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [dɪvaɪd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "teilen, dividieren".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for divide, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is divide, spelled D-I-V-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    teilen, dividieren

Synonyms

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "divide"?
"divide" is spelled D-I-V-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [dɪvaɪd].
What does "divide" mean?
As a verb, "divide" means: teilen, dividieren
How do you pronounce "divide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "divide" is [dɪvaɪd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "divide" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "divide", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list