diviertanvsdivierteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#45,881
“diviertan” frequency rank
#17,118
“divierte” frequency rank
62999
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature diviertan divierte
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de divertir o de divertirse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de divertir o de divertirse.

Where the eye mixes diviertan and divierte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
diviertan
8 ch
divierte

Visual trap between diviertan and divierte

A purely visual mix-up. diviertan ([d̪iˈβ̞jeɾt̪ãn]) and divierte ([d̪iˈβ̞jeɾt̪e]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62999, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

diviertan is recorded at frequency rank #45,881, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈβ̞jeɾt̪ãn]. divierte is at rank #17,118, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈβ̞jeɾt̪e].

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 62999, this pair ranks #50,172 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of diviertan vs divierte

Shared letters: deirtv. Private to "diviertan": an. Private to "divierte": -.

"diviertan" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC  ·  "divierte" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • diviertanddiviertan · dibiertan · diivertan · diveirtan · divieratn · divierrtan · diviertann · diviertna
  • divierteddivierte · dibierte · diiverte · diveirte · divieret · divierrte · diviertte · divietre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "diviertan" for "divierte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iˈβ̞jeɾt̪ãn] versus [d̪iˈβ̞jeɾt̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "diviertan" or "divierte"?
"divierte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,118 in our Spanish list, against #45,881 for "diviertan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "diviertan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "divierte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,172 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "diviertan" and "divierte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divierta vs diviertan". 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 #50,172 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