# divorce

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈvɔːs/ · frequency rank #3,874

## Definitions
1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
2. A separation of connected things.
3. The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
4. That which separates.

## Etymology
Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

## Easily confused with
- **divorced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divorce-vs-divorced)
- **diverse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diverse-vs-divorce)
- **diverge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diverge-vs-divorce)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddivorce`, `diovrce`, `divocre`, `divorcce`, `divorec`, `divorrce`, `divroce`, `divvorce`, `dviorce`, `idvorce`

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