diva
di·va/ˈdiː.və/noun
diva is spelled D-I-V-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables (di·va). It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, diva means “Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of diva is divas or dive.
How many letters and syllables are in diva?
| Letters | 4: D-I-V-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: di·va |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is diva?
Diva appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce diva?
- UK /ˈdiː.və/
Diva has 2 syllables, split di·va in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-diva.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-diva.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with diva?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as diva from its last stressed vowel (/ivə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: avid.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of diva
- divas plural
- dive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diva mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- 2
derogatoryinformalslangA person with an inflated sense of self, who has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.
- 3
One who amazes or stuns, especially in a confident and feminine manner; (by extension) a term of endearment.
Who is this DIVA 💜?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Diva in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense female celebrity:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does diva come from?
From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”), from Old Latin deivā, from Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”), feminine of *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).