divergence

/\di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,510

in French word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

divergence is aFrenchnoun. It means: Le fait de diverger. Pronounced \di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\. Often confused with divergent and divergents.

Key facts for divergence
PropertyValue
Headworddivergence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,510
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of divergence in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for divergence is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,510 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for divergence, with forms such as "ddivergence", "dievrgence", and "divegrence". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "divergent", "divergents", "divergente", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is divergence, spelled D-I-V-E-R-G-E-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Le fait de diverger.
  2. 2
    Différence, désaccord.
  3. 3
    Opérateur différentiel particulier qui, à un champ vectoriel, fait correspondre un champ scalaire. Le champ scalaire obtenu du produit scalaire de l’opérateur nabla, ∇, par un champ vectoriel.
  4. 4
    Activation d’une réaction en chaîne.
  5. 5
    Séquence de démarrage d’un réacteur nucléaire qui précède l’atteinte de la criticité du cœur.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddivergence,dievrgence,divegrence,diveregnce,divergecne,divergencce,divergenec,divergennce,diverggence,divergnece,diverrgence,divregence,divvergence,dviergence,idvergence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for divergence

Misspelling Variants of "divergence"

ddivergence11dievrgence10divegrence10diveregnce10divergecne10divergencce11divergenec10divergennce11
Misspelling Variants of "divergence"

Frequency rank: #19,510 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "divergence"?
"divergence" is spelled D-I-V-E-R-G-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\.
What does "divergence" mean?
As a noun, "divergence" means: Le fait de diverger.
What words are commonly confused with "divergence"?
"divergence" is commonly confused with "divergent", "divergents", "divergente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "divergence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "divergence" is \di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "divergence" come from?
"divergence" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.