divo
\di.vo\
The verdict
“divo” is an uncommon French word, ranked #88,535 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #88,535
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Chanteur, notamment cantateur d’art lyrique, de grand talent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.vo\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #88,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “divo” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for divo is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \di.vo\. Corpus data places it at rank #88,535 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for divo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data; without a documented etymology, its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme. The correct French form is divo, spelled D-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Chanteur, notamment cantateur d’art lyrique, de grand talent.
- 2Homme vaniteux au comportement difficile, capricieux et exigeant.
- 3Grande vedette, notamment au temps du cinéma muet.
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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Using “divo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-V-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \di.vo\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.