divin

/\di.vɛ̃\/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,380

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

divin is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est de Dieu, qui appartient à Dieu, à un dieu. Pronounced \di.vɛ̃\. It ranks #8,380 in French word frequency. Often confused with dixit and Dixon.

Key facts for divin
PropertyValue
Headworddivin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\di.vɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,380
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of divin in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for divin is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.vɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,380 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for divin, with forms such as "ddivin", "diivn", and "divinn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dixit", "Dixon", "drain", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is divin, spelled D-I-V-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est de Dieu, qui appartient à Dieu, à un dieu.
  2. 2
    Qui est dû à Dieu, à un dieu.
  3. 3
    Qui est Dieu, mis au nombre des dieux.
  4. 4
    Surnaturel.
  5. 5
    Excellent, sublime, parfait en son genre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddivin,diivn,divinn,divni,divvin,dviin,idvin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for divin

Misspelling Variants of "divin"

ddivin6diivn5divinn6divni5divvin6dviin5idvin5
Misspelling Variants of "divin"

Frequency rank: #8,380 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "divin"?
"divin" is spelled D-I-V-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \di.vɛ̃\.
What does "divin" mean?
As an adj, "divin" means: Qui est de Dieu, qui appartient à Dieu, à un dieu.
What words are commonly confused with "divin"?
"divin" is commonly confused with "dixit", "Dixon", "drain". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "divin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "divin" is \di.vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "divin" come from?
"divin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.