divided
The verdict
“divided” is uncommon French (frequency #83,789 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,789
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Divisé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divided |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “divided” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
divided is uncommon French at frequency #83,789 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Divisé.".
Zero misspellings are on record for divided in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is divided, spelled D-I-V-I-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Divisé.
Antonyms
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 “divided”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-V-I-D-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.