divinity

[dɪˈvɪnətɪ]

/[dɪˈvɪnətɪ]/ noun

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The verdict

“divinity” is uncommon German (frequency #77,863 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,863
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gottheit, Theologie, Frömmigkeit

Corpus desk

Index DE-divinity · divinity · German

divinity · rank #77,863 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,863
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH dominierend

Nearest frequency peer: dominierend (+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 „divinity“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for divinity
PropertyValue
Headworddivinity
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɪˈvɪnətɪ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#77,863
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „divinity“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „dominierend“ (#77,864), „distributed“ (#77,861), „Donauinsel“ (#77,865). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „divinity“ bei #77,863. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

divinity is uncommon German at frequency #77,863 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɪˈvɪnətɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gottheit, Theologie, Frömmigkeit".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for divinity, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is divinity, spelled D-I-V-I-N-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gottheit, Theologie, Frömmigkeit

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 "divinity"?
"divinity" is spelled D-I-V-I-N-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [dɪˈvɪnətɪ].
What does "divinity" mean?
As a noun, "divinity" means: Gottheit, Theologie, Frömmigkeit
How do you pronounce "divinity"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "divinity" is [dɪˈvɪnətɪ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "divinity" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Deponien#77,846dementen#77,843Deichsel#77,840crusader#77,822

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list