Which to use
“divinely” is an adverb and “divinity” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,664
- “divinely” frequency rank
- #16,009
- “divinity” frequency rank
- 56673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divinely | divinity |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | In a divine manner. | The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. |
Letter map: divinely vs divinity
Shared letters muted; letters that set divinely and divinity apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for divinely / divinity
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: divinely is anadverb and divinityanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divinely is recorded at frequency rank #40,664, classified as anadv. divinity is at rank #16,009, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɪˈvɪnɪti/.
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 56673, this pair ranks #124,522 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of divinely vs divinity
Shared letters: dinvy. Private to "divinely": el. Private to "divinity": t.
"divinely" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "divinity" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "divinely" and "divinity" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "divinely" or "divinity" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "divinely" and "divinity".
- Full dictionary entry for "divinely" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divinity" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,522 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divinely" and "divinity" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divine vs divinely". 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 #124,522 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.