divide
\dɪˈvaɪd\
The verdict
“divide” is uncommon French (frequency #64,377 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,377
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diviser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-divide · divide · French
divide · rank #64,377 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,377
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH diver
Nearest frequency peer: diver (-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 « divide »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- discerne
discerne
35,627 corpus weight
- diver
diver
35,625 corpus weight
- divide
divide
35,624 corpus weight
- DMS
DMS
35,623 corpus weight
- dominera
dominera
35,622 corpus weight
- DPA
DPA
35,621 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « divide » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \dɪˈvaɪd\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,377 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « divide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
divide is uncommon French at frequency #64,377 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \dɪˈvaɪd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for divide in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is divide, spelled D-I-V-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Diviser.
- 2Partager.
- 3Se diviser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how divide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Divide 6 by 2 and you get 3.
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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