Which to use
“diver” and “divers” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,892
- “diver” frequency rank
- #12,407
- “divers” frequency rank
- 29299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diver | divers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Someone who dives, especially as a sport. | plural of diver |
Where the eye mixes diver and divers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses diver with divers
A purely visual mix-up. diver (/ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/) and divers (/ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “diver” sits inside “divers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diver is recorded at frequency rank #16,892, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/. divers is at rank #12,407, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 29299, this pair ranks #364,106 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of diver vs divers
Shared letters: deirv. Private to "diver": -. Private to "divers": s.
"diver" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "divers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "diver" and "divers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "diver" vs "divers" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "diver" and "divers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "diver" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,106 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diver" and "divers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dimer vs diver". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #364,106 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.