divers
/ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/noun
divers is spelled D-I-V-E-R-S: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “divers vs diverse” about 170 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, divers means “plural of diver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in divers?
| Letters | 6: D-I-V-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.3 times per million words; the 12,397th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is divers?
Divers appears 4.3 times per million words in written English, the 12,397th 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 divers?
- /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/
As a pronoun (“An indefinite number (at least two)”): /ˈdaɪvɜː(ɹ)z/, /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/.
Divers 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-divers.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with divers
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: diverse.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What does divers mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of diver
pronoun
- 1
archaicAn indefinite number (at least two).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does divers come from?
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).