divvsdivasConfusable pair

Which to use

“div” and “divas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,067
“div” frequency rank
#30,878
“divas” frequency rank
68945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature div divas
Definition Dos. Forma del femenino plural de divo.

Where the eye mixes div and divas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

3 ch
div
5 ch
divas

Visual trap between div and divas

A purely visual mix-up. div (/ˈdiw/) and divas ([ˈd̪iβ̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “div” sits inside “divas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

div is recorded at frequency rank #38,067, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈdiw/. divas is at rank #30,878, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈd̪iβ̞as].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 68945, this pair ranks #33,244 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of div vs divas

Shared letters: div. Private to "div": -. Private to "divas": as.

"div" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "divas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • divasddivas · diavs · dibas · divass · divsa · divvas · dvias · idvas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "div" for "divas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈdiw/ versus [ˈd̪iβ̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "div" or "divas" show up more?
"divas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,878 in our Spanish list, against #38,067 for "div". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "div" and "divas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "div" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "divas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,244 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "div" and "divas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Deva vs div". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #33,244 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list