diver
\ˈdaɪvɚ\
The verdict
“diver” is uncommon French (frequency #64,376 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,376
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plongeur, plongeuse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-diver · diver · French
diver · rank #64,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,376
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH divide
Nearest frequency peer: divide (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « diver »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- diluées
diluées
35,628 corpus weight
- discerne
discerne
35,627 corpus weight
- diver
diver
35,625 corpus weight
- divide
divide
35,624 corpus weight
- DMS
DMS
35,623 corpus weight
- dominera
dominera
35,622 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « diver » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | diver |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈdaɪvɚ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « diver » en français
Rare enough to double-check
diver is uncommon French at frequency #64,376 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈdaɪvɚ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for diver in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is diver, spelled D-I-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Plongeur, plongeuse.
- 2Personne qui effectue un plongeon.
- 3Plongeon (oiseau).
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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