divot
/ˈdɪvət/
"divot" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“divot” is an uncommon English word, ranked #82,235 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,235
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɪvət/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #82,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “divot” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for divot is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɪvət/. Corpus data places it at rank #82,235 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for divot in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry -- nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1530s, Scots divot (“turf”), also spelt devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e), from Scottish Gaelic dubhad, a reduced form of dubh-fhàd, literally “black sod” (compare fàl (“turf, sod”)). The correct English form is divot, spelled D-I-V-O-T.
Definition
- 1A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.
- 2A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.
- 3A drop in a graph between two linear portions (example)
Etymology
1530s, Scots divot (“turf”), also spelt devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e), from Scottish Gaelic dubhad, a reduced form of dubh-fhàd, literally “black sod” (compare fàl (“turf, sod”)).
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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Using “divot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-V-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɪvət/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.