divagation
\di.va.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“divagation” is an uncommon French word, ranked #84,705 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,705
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Errance d’un animal sur la voie publique ou sur des propriétés privées.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divagation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.va.ɡa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “divagation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for divagation is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.va.ɡa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #84,705 in overall French 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 generated misspelling entries exist for divagation in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is divagation, spelled D-I-V-A-G-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Errance d’un animal sur la voie publique ou sur des propriétés privées.
- 2Action de s’écarter de la question, du sujet sur lequel on parle ou on écrit.
- 3Propos incohérents qui marquent le désordre d’esprit.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “divagation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-V-A-G-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \di.va.ɡa.sjɔ̃\ (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.