divisible
\di.vi.zibl\
The verdict
“divisible” is uncommon French (frequency #51,414 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,414
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être divisé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-divisible · divisible · French
divisible · rank #51,414 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,414
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH distillée
Nearest frequency peer: distillée (-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 « divisible »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- digressions
digressions
48,591 corpus weight
- dirhams
dirhams
48,590 corpus weight
- diss
diss
48,589 corpus weight
- distillée
distillée
48,588 corpus weight
- divisible
divisible
48,587 corpus weight
- domini
domini
48,584 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « divisible » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divisible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \di.vi.zibl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,414 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « divisible » en français
Rare enough to double-check
divisible is uncommon French at frequency #51,414 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \di.vi.zibl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for divisible in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is divisible, spelled D-I-V-I-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui peut être divisé.
- 2Qui est multiple du nombre spécifié, qui admet pour diviseur le nombre spécifié, en parlant d’un nombre entier. — Note d’usage : Le terme est suivi de la préposition par.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how divisible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plusieurs philosophes disent que la matière est divisible à l’infini.
Douze est divisible par quatre.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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