diviner
/dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/
"diviner" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“diviner” is uncommon English (frequency #69,795 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,795
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who foretells the future.
Corpus desk
Index EN-diviner · diviner · English
diviner · rank #69,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,795
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH divalent
Nearest frequency peer: divalent (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “diviner”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- disambiguat…
disambiguation
30,209 corpus weight
- dissenter
dissenter
30,208 corpus weight
- divalent
divalent
30,207 corpus weight
- diviner
diviner
30,206 corpus weight
- DJT
DJT
30,205 corpus weight
- Dnipro
Dnipro
30,204 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “diviner” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diviner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “diviner” in English
Rare enough to double-check
diviner is uncommon English at frequency #69,795 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for diviner in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er. The correct English form is diviner, spelled D-I-V-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1One who foretells the future.
- 2One who divines or conjectures.
- 3One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how diviner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Saw my future with a death diviner / My reflection in her eyes drew up / My twisted past / Oh, I came unmasked
Etymology
From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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