divertissent
\di.vɛʁ.tis\
The verdict
“divertissent” is uncommon French (frequency #89,609 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,609
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de divertir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divertissent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \di.vɛʁ.tis\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “divertissent” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
divertissent is uncommon French at frequency #89,609 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \di.vɛʁ.tis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for divertissent in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is divertissent, spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-S-S-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de divertir.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de divertir.
- 3Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de 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.
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Using “divertissent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-V-E-R-T-I-S-S-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \di.vɛʁ.tis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.