divertir

\di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\

/\di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“divertir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,927. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,927
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Détourner de ce qui préoccupe, fatigue, ennuie en amusant, en récréant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-divertir · divertir · French

divertir · rank #17,927 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,927
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH disparaitre

Nearest frequency peer: disparaitre (-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 « divertir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « divertir » 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
Key facts for divertir
PropertyValue
Headworddivertir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,927
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « divertir »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « disparaitre » (#17,926), « Dominic » (#17,928), « dirigeante » (#17,925). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « divertir » est au #17,927. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around divertir (IPA \di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,927 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for divertir, with forms such as "ddivertir", "dievrtir", and "diveritr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is divertir, spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Détourner de ce qui préoccupe, fatigue, ennuie en amusant, en récréant.
  2. 2
    Détourner d’une occupation, d’un dessein.
  3. 3
    Faire diversion.
  4. 4
    Soustraire, dérober, s’approprier illégitimement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dès que tout fut en ordre, les industrieux animaux [les castors] prirent un moment de récréation, se poursuivant dans l’étang, plongeant au fond de l’eau ou jouant à la surface, en frappant à grand bruit l’eau de leurs queues. […]. Tandis que les premiers se divertissaient ainsi, deux autres membres de la communauté parurent.
  2. Divertir quelqu’un de ses travaux. - Il avait formé un projet peu raisonnable, je l’en ai diverti.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddivertir
  • dievrtir
  • diveritr
  • diverrtir
  • divertirr
  • divertri
  • diverttir
  • divetrir
  • divretir
  • divvertir
  • dviertir
  • idvertir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of divertir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddivertir1dievrtir2diveritr2diverrtir1divertirr1divertri2diverttir1divetrir2
Edit distance from "divertir"

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 "divertir"?
"divertir" is spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\.
What does "divertir" mean?
As a verb, "divertir" means: Détourner de ce qui préoccupe, fatigue, ennuie en amusant, en récréant.
What are common misspellings of "divertir"?
Common misspellings include "ddivertir", "dievrtir", "diveritr", "diverrtir", "divertirr". The correct spelling is "divertir".
How do you pronounce "divertir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "divertir" is \di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "divertir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list