Which to use
“diverse” and “divisé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,937
- “diverse” frequency rank
- #6,811
- “divisé” frequency rank
- 31748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diverse | divisé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de divers. | Qui ne penche ni dans un sens ni dans un autre ; hésitant, indécis. |
Where the eye mixes diverse and divisé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. diverse runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against divisé's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: diverse vs divisé
A purely visual mix-up. diverse (\di.vɛʁs\) and divisé (\di.vi.ze\) 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 31748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diverse is recorded at frequency rank #24,937, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.vɛʁs\. divisé is at rank #6,811, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.vi.ze\.
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 31748, this pair ranks #301,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of diverse vs divisé
Shared letters: disv. Private to "diverse": er. Private to "divisé": é.
"diverse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "divisé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- diverse ← ddiverse · dievrse · diveres · diverrse · divesre · divrese · divverse · dvierse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "diverse" for "divisé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "diverse" vs "divisé" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "diverse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divisé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diverse" and "divisé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disease vs diverse". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #301,816 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.