Which to use
“divine” is an adjective and “divinely” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,754
- “divine” frequency rank
- #40,664
- “divinely” frequency rank
- 45418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divine | divinely |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of or pertaining to a god. | In a divine manner. |
Letter map: divine vs divinely
Shared letters muted; letters that set divine and divinely apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. divine runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against divinely's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for divine / divinely
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: divine is anadjective and divinelyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “divine” sits inside “divinely”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divine is recorded at frequency rank #4,754, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɪˈvaɪn/. divinely is at rank #40,664, tagged as anadv.
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 45418, this pair ranks #221,443 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of divine vs divinely
Shared letters: deinv. Private to "divine": -. Private to "divinely": ly.
"divine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "divinely" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "divine" and "divinely" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "divine" vs "divinely" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "divine" and "divinely".
- Full dictionary entry for "divine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divinely" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,443 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divine" and "divinely" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divinely vs divinity". 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 #221,443 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.