divo
\di.vo\
The verdict
“divo” is uncommon French (frequency #88,535 among 5,307 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,535
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chanteur, notamment cantateur d’art lyrique, de grand talent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-divo · divo · French
divo · rank #88,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,535
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH divertis
Nearest frequency peer: divertis (-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 « divo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- dill
dill
11,470 corpus weight
- disposa
disposa
11,469 corpus weight
- divertis
divertis
11,467 corpus weight
- divo
divo
11,466 corpus weight
- Diyarbakir
Diyarbakir
11,465 corpus weight
- diététicien
diététicien
11,464 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « divo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « divo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
divo is uncommon French at frequency #88,535 among 5,307 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
divo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. 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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how divo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tito Schipa, que Paris va réentendre dans quelques jours, est en plus d’un divo entre les divos un érudit, un compositeur du plus rare talent auquel on doit de la musique religieuse — dont une remarquable messe à quatre voix — d’exquises mélodies, une opérette créée à Rome.
Est-il vrai que la reine Christine de Suède, en guerre avec la Pologne où chantait le castrat Baldassare Ferri, conclut une trêve avec cette nation pour inviter le divo à Stockholm ?
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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