divert
/daɪˈvɝt/verb
divert is spelled D-I-V-E-R-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, divert means “To turn aside from a course” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in divert?
| Letters | 6: D-I-V-E-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 divert?
Divert 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 divert?
- UK /daɪˈvɜːt/
- US /daɪˈvɝt/
- US /dɪˈvɝt/
Divert 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: En-us-divert.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with divert?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as divert from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹt/):
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 divert
- diverts present, singular, he/she/it
- diverting participle, present
- diverted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does divert mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To turn aside from a course.
The workers diverted the stream away from the road.
- 2
To distract.
Don't let him divert your attention; keep your eye on the ball.
- 3
To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
- 4
obsoleteTo turn aside; to digress.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Divert in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dévier , divertir |
| German | umlenken, umleiten , unterhalten , ablenken |
| Spanish | desviar, echar por el desvío , distraer, despistar |
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 divert come from?
From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).