# divine

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪˈvaɪn/ · frequency rank #4,754

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to a god.
2. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
3. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
4. Beautiful, heavenly.
5. Foreboding; prescient.
6. immortal; elect or saved after death
7. Relating to divinity or theology.

## Etymology
From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.

## Easily confused with
- **Dixie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divine-vs-dixie)
- **diving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divine-vs-diving)
- **driving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divine-vs-driving)
- **divinely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divine-vs-divinely)
- **dive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dive-vs-divine)
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dine-vs-divine)
- **Diane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diane-vs-divine)
- **Devin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devin-vs-divine)
- **device** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/device-vs-divine)
- **define** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/define-vs-divine)
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-divine)
- **divide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divide-vs-divine)
- **devise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devise-vs-divine)
- **Devine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/devine-vs-divine)
- **Dianne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dianne-vs-divine)
- **Dionne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dionne-vs-divine)
- **divided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divided-vs-divine)
- **divider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divider-vs-divine)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ddivine`, `diivne`, `divien`, `divinne`, `divnie`, `divvine`, `dviine`, `idvine`

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