divot
\di.vo\
The verdict
“divot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Motte de terre ou de gazon enlevée par la tête de la canne au moment de l’impact.
Corpus desk
Index FR-divot · divot · French
divot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \di.vo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « divot » en français
Rare enough to double-check
divot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \di.vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Motte de terre ou de gazon enlevée par la tête de la canne au moment de l’impact.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for divot, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is divot, spelled D-I-V-O-T.
Definition
- 1Motte de terre ou de gazon enlevée par la tête de la canne au moment de l’impact.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how divot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait ramassé son divot et il le brandissait comme un trophée. Puis il revint sur ses pas pour le replacer à l'endroit où il l'avait arraché.
[…], ce qui l'emportait chez Sebby, c'était toujours ce sentiment de faire corps avec son élément, au point de ressentir personnellement la blessure d'un terrain maltraité par des vandales, écorché de divots, morceaux de gazon arrachés comme des lambeaux de chair.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.