divalent
/daɪˈveɪlənt/
"divalent" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“divalent” is uncommon English (frequency #69,794 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,794
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having an atomic valence of 2.
Corpus desk
Index EN-divalent · divalent · English
divalent · rank #69,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,794
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dissenter
Nearest frequency peer: dissenter (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “divalent”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dipstick
dipstick
30,210 corpus weight
- disambiguat…
disambiguation
30,209 corpus weight
- dissenter
dissenter
30,208 corpus weight
- divalent
divalent
30,207 corpus weight
- diviner
diviner
30,206 corpus weight
- DJT
DJT
30,205 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “divalent” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divalent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /daɪˈveɪlənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “divalent” in English
Rare enough to double-check
divalent is uncommon English at frequency #69,794 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /daɪˈveɪlənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for divalent, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From di- + valent. Compare ambivalent. The correct English form is divalent, spelled D-I-V-A-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Having an atomic valence of 2.
- 2Having a vaccine valence of 2.
Etymology
From di- + valent. Compare ambivalent.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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