divvsDJsWhich spelling fits?

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“div” and “DJs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,407
“div” frequency rank
#43,887
“DJs” frequency rank
71294
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature div DJs
Definition Type de balise HTML servant à délimiter un bloc de texte d’une ou plusieurs lignes. Pluriel de DJ.

Where the eye mixes div and DJs

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch
div
3 ch
DJs

Look-alike desk: div vs DJs

A purely visual mix-up. div (\div\) and DJs (\di.dʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71294, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

div is recorded at frequency rank #27,407, classified as anoun, pronounced \div\. DJs is at rank #43,887, tagged as anoun, pronounced \di.dʒe\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 71294, this pair ranks #48,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of div vs DJs

Shared letters: d. Private to "div": iv. Private to "DJs": js.

"div" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "DJs" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "div" and "DJs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\div\ versus \di.dʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "div" vs "DJs" - which ranks higher?
"div" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,407 in our French list, against #43,887 for "DJs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "div" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "DJs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,074 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "div" and "DJs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI vs DJs". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #48,074 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list