div vs do, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#27,407
“div” frequency rank: #2,819
“do” frequency rank: 30226
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	div	do
Definition	Type de balise HTML servant à délimiter un bloc de texte d’une ou plusieurs lignes.	Première note de la gamme.

Where the eye mixes div and do

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

3 ch

div

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Visual trap between div and do

A purely visual mix-up. div (\div\) and do (\do\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30226, 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\. do is at rank #2,819, tagged as anoun, pronounced \do\.

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 30226, this pair ranks #311,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of div vs do

Shared letters: d. Private to "div": iv. Private to "do": o.

"div" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "do" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "div" and "do" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are said differently (\div\ versus \do\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "div" or "do"?

"do" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,819 in our French list, against #27,407 for "div". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "div" and "do" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "div" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "do" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #311,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"div" and "do" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "DCI vs div". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #311,738 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.