divertissement

\di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃\

/\di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“divertissement” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,379
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récréation, amusement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-divertissement · divertissement · French

divertissement · rank #8,379 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,379
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH distribuer

Nearest frequency peer: distribuer (-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 « divertissement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « divertissement » 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).

divertissement vs divertissements
93% similar

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

Key facts for divertissement
PropertyValue
Headworddivertissement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#8,379
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « divertissement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).divertissementse 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 « distribuer » (#8,378), « divin » (#8,380), « dispo » (#8,377). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « divertissement » est au #8,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around divertissement (IPA \di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,379 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for divertissement, with forms such as "ddivertissement", "dievrtissement", and "diveritssement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "divertissements", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is divertissement, spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récréation, amusement.
  2. 2
    Émission de télévision dont le but principal est de divertir le téléspectateur.
  3. 3
    Partie dansée, quelquefois mêlée de chant, d’un opéra ou de toute autre pièce de théâtre.
  4. 4
    Occupation plus ou moins agréable qui détourne l’homme de lui-même et le fait sortir de lui.
  5. 5
    Détournement à son profit.
  6. 6
    Ce qui détourne des choses sérieuses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a là des cafés maures où les femmes dansent et chantent jusqu'à dix heures du soir, et où l'on fume le Kif toute la nuit, portes closes. Tel est le lieu de divertissement des militaires de la garnison.
  2. Malgré la complaisance avec laquelle ses moindres désirs sont accueillis, elle se sait gardée, et la vie qu’elle mène offrirait peu de plaisir à une jeune fille qui n’aurait pas trouvé comme elle des divertissements dans les livres.

Synonyms

distractionspectacle

This word in other languages

entertainment(English)divertimiento(Español)divertimento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddivertissement
  • dievrtissement
  • diveritssement
  • diverrtissement
  • divertisement
  • divertisesment
  • divertisseemnt
  • divertissemennt
  • divertissementt
  • divertissemetn
  • divertissemment
  • divertissemnet
  • divertissmeent
  • divertsisement
  • diverttissement
  • divetrissement
  • divretissement
  • divvertissement
  • dviertissement
  • idvertissement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of divertissement - 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.

ddivertissement1dievrtissement2diveritssement2diverrtissement1divertisement1divertisesment2divertisseemnt2divertissemennt1
Edit distance from "divertissement"

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 "divertissement"?
"divertissement" is spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃\.
What does "divertissement" mean?
As a noun, "divertissement" means: Récréation, amusement.
What words are commonly confused with "divertissement"?
"divertissement" is commonly confused with "divertissements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "divertissement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "divertissement" is \di.vɛʁ.tis.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "divertissement" come from?
"divertissement" 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 "divertissement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

emprisonnement#8,386historiquement#8,406indispensables#8,563multiplication#8,584

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

présentement20 variantsenseignements20 variantsdémographique20 variantsconfrontation20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list