diverge
/dɪˈvɝd͡ʒ/verb, noun
diverge is spelled D-I-V-E-R-G-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, diverge means “To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in diverge?
| Letters | 7: D-I-V-E-R-G-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 35,748th 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 diverge?
Diverge appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 35,748th 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 diverge?
- UK /daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/
- UK /dɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/
- US /dɪˈvɝd͡ʒ/
Diverge has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-diverge.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with diverge?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as diverge from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹdʒ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: grieved.
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 diverge
- diverges present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- diverging participle, present
- diverged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does diverge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both / […]
- 2
To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
Both stories start out the same way, but they diverge halfway through.
- 3
To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
The sidewalk runs next to the street for a few miles, then diverges from it and turns north.
- 4
To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
The software is pretty good, except for a few cases where its behavior diverges from user expectations.
- 5
Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.
The sequence x#95;n#61;n² diverges to infinity: that is, it increases without bound.
noun
- 1
A point where a lane branches off from the main flow.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Diverge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to run apart:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | diverger |
| German | divergieren, auseinandergehen, auseinander gehen, auseinanderstreben, auseinanderlaufen, auseinanderbewegen |
| Portuguese | divergir |
| Spanish | divergir |
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 diverge come from?
From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).