divestiture
/dɪˈvɛstɪt͡ʃɚ/noun
divestiture is spelled D-I-V-E-S-T-I-T-U-R-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, divestiture means “The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of divestiture is divestitures.
How many letters and syllables are in divestiture?
| Letters | 11: D-I-V-E-S-T-I-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th 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 divestiture?
Divestiture appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 divestiture?
- US /dɪˈvɛstɪt͡ʃɚ/
- US /daɪ-/
- US /-tə-/
Divestiture has 4 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)-Yangolin-divestiture.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Gt59514-divestiture.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with divestiture?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as divestiture from its last stressed vowel (/ɛstɪtʃəɹ/):
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 divestiture
- divestitures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does divestiture mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
- 2
The process of stripping away an individual's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate the individual into an organization.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).