divertissent

\di.vɛʁ.tis\

/\di.vɛʁ.tis\/ verb

The verdict

“divertissent” is uncommon French (frequency #89,609 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,609
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de divertir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-divertissent · divertissent · French

divertissent · rank #89,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,609
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH discrédités

Nearest frequency peer: discrédités (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « divertissent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « divertissent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for divertissent
PropertyValue
Headworddivertissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\di.vɛʁ.tis\
Letters12
Frequency rank#89,609
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « divertissent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).divertissenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « discrédités » (#89,608), « divisera » (#89,610), « discriminées » (#89,607). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « divertissent » est au #89,609. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

divertissent is uncommon French at frequency #89,609 among 5,307 “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

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de divertir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de divertir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de divertir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On argumente par l’étymologie, quand on dit, par exemple, que plusieurs personnes du monde ne se divertissent jamais, à proprement parler; parce que se divertir, c’est se désappliquer des occupations sérieuses, et qu’elles ne s’occupent jamais sérieusement.

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 "divertissent"?
"divertissent" is spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \di.vɛʁ.tis\.
What does "divertissent" mean?
As a verb, "divertissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de divertir.
How do you pronounce "divertissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "divertissent" is \di.vɛʁ.tis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "divertissent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list