divertir

/\di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,927

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

divertir is aFrenchverb. It means: Détourner de ce qui préoccupe, fatigue, ennuie en amusant, en récréant. Pronounced \di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for divertir is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.vɛʁ.tiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,927 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for divertir, with forms such as "ddivertir", "dievrtir", and "diveritr". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 divertir, spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddivertir,dievrtir,diveritr,diverrtir,divertirr,divertri,diverttir,divetrir,divretir,divvertir,dviertir,idvertir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for divertir

Misspelling Variants of "divertir"

ddivertir9dievrtir8diveritr8diverrtir9divertirr9divertri8diverttir9divetrir8
Misspelling Variants of "divertir"

Frequency rank: #17,927 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.