subdivide
/ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/
"subdivide" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“subdivide” is uncommon English (frequency #69,473 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,473
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To divide into smaller sections.
Corpus desk
Index EN-subdivide · subdivide · English
subdivide · rank #69,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,473
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subchapter
Nearest frequency peer: subchapter (-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 “subdivide”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- straightener
straightener
30,532 corpus weight
- subchapter
subchapter
30,529 corpus weight
- subdivide
subdivide
30,528 corpus weight
- suborbital
suborbital
30,527 corpus weight
- subregion
subregion
30,526 corpus weight
- subservience
subservience
30,525 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “subdivide” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subdivide |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “subdivide” in English
Rare enough to double-check
subdivide is uncommon English at frequency #69,473 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
subdivide doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sub- + divide. The correct English form is subdivide, spelled S-U-B-D-I-V-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1To divide into smaller sections.
- 2To divide into smaller sections.
- 3To divide divisions into smaller divisions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how subdivide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This used to be farmland before developers bought it and subdivided it.
Several local families recorded plots of land as additions to the town's territory and subdivided them into house lots.
Etymology
From sub- + divide.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).