# diverge

> English word · Verb · IPA /daɪˈvɜːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #35,692

## Definitions
1. To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
2. To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
3. To separate, to tend into a different direction (from another line or path).
4. To become different, to separate (from another line or path).
5. Not to converge: to have no limit, or no finite limit.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin dīvergō (“bend away from, go in a different direction”), from Latin dī- + vergō (“bend”).

## Easily confused with
- **divers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diverge-vs-divers)
- **divert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diverge-vs-divert)
- **divorce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diverge-vs-divorce)
- **diverse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diverge-vs-diverse)
- **divulge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diverge-vs-divulge)
- **diverted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diverge-vs-diverted)
- **divergent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diverge-vs-divergent)
- **diver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-diverge)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddiverge`, `dievrge`, `divegre`, `divereg`, `divergge`, `diverrge`, `divrege`, `divverge`, `dvierge`, `idverge`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/diverge