divergence

\di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\

/\di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“divergence” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,510
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Le fait de diverger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-divergence · divergence · French

divergence · rank #19,510 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,510
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH divan

Nearest frequency peer: divan (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « divergence »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « divergence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

divergence vs divergent
80% similar
divergence vs divergents
80% similar
divergence vs divergente
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « divergence »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).divergencese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « divan » (#19,509), « djihadiste » (#19,511), « diminuant » (#19,508). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « divergence » est au #19,510. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around divergence (IPA \di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,510 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for divergence, with forms such as "ddivergence", "dievrgence", and "divegrence". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 divergence, spelled D-I-V-E-R-G-E-N-C-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how divergence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La divergence des rayons lumineux.
  2. La divergence de deux courants, de deux voies ferrées.

Synonyms

div

Antonyms

convergence

This word in other languages

divergence(English)divergencia(Español)Abweichung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddivergence
  • dievrgence
  • divegrence
  • diveregnce
  • divergecne
  • divergencce
  • divergenec
  • divergennce
  • diverggence
  • divergnece
  • diverrgence
  • divregence
  • divvergence
  • dviergence
  • idvergence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of divergence - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddivergence1dievrgence2divegrence2diveregnce2divergecne2divergencce1divergenec2divergennce1
Edit distance from "divergence"

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.

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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "divergence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

djihadiste#19,511déceptions#19,518dépendants#19,524correcteur#19,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

crédibles15 variantsexterminer15 variantscertitudes15 variantsfunéraires15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list