diverse

\di.vɛʁs\

/\di.vɛʁs\/ adj

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The verdict

“diverse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,937. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,937
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de divers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-diverse · diverse · French

diverse · rank #24,937 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,937
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dissuasion

Nearest frequency peer: dissuasion (-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 « diverse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « diverse » 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).

diverse vs divisé
57% similar
diverse vs divorce
71% similar
diverse vs drivers
71% similar

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

Key facts for diverse
PropertyValue
Headworddiverse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\di.vɛʁs\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,937
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « diverse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.diversese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dissuasion » (#24,936), « divorcés » (#24,938), « dispenser » (#24,935). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « diverse » est au #24,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around diverse (IPA \di.vɛʁs\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,937 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de divers.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for diverse, with forms such as "ddiverse", "dievrse", and "diveres". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "divisé", "divorce", "drivers", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is diverse, spelled D-I-V-E-R-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de divers.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddiverse
  • dievrse
  • diveres
  • diverrse
  • divesre
  • divrese
  • divverse
  • dvierse
  • idverse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of diverse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddiverse1dievrse2diveres2diverrse1divesre2divrese2divverse1dvierse2
Edit distance from "diverse"

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 "diverse"?
"diverse" is spelled D-I-V-E-R-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \di.vɛʁs\.
What does "diverse" mean?
As an adjective, "diverse" means: Féminin singulier de divers.
What words are commonly confused with "diverse"?
"diverse" is commonly confused with "divisé", "divorce", "drivers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "diverse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "diverse" is \di.vɛʁs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "diverse" come from?
"diverse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dressée#24,941démonte#24,949effacée#24,956collage#24,910

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

devils9 variantscloser9 variantscircle9 variantschœurs9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list