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Which to use

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

#17,677
“diversifier” frequency rank
#31,447
“diversifiés” frequency rank
49124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature diversifier diversifiés
Definition Rendre divers. Participe passé masculin pluriel de diversifier.

Same sound, different letters: diversifier vs diversifiés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. diversifier and diversifiés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

11 ch
diversifier
11 ch
diversifiés

Homophone desk: diversifier vs diversifiés

This is the hard kind. diversifier and diversifiés are pronounced identically (\di.vɛʁ.si.fje\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

diversifier is recorded at frequency rank #17,677, classified as averb, pronounced \di.vɛʁ.si.fje\. diversifiés is at rank #31,447, tagged as averb, pronounced \di.vɛʁ.si.fje\.

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 49124, this pair ranks #173,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of diversifier vs diversifiés

Shared letters: defirsv. Private to "diversifier": -. Private to "diversifiés": é.

"diversifier" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC  ·  "diversifiés" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • diversifier ← ddiversifier · dievrsifier · diverisfier · diverrsifier · diversfiier · diversifeir · diversiffier · diversifierr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "diversifier" for "diversifiés" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\di.vɛʁ.si.fje\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "diversifier" vs "diversifiés" - which ranks higher?
"diversifier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,677 in our French list, against #31,447 for "diversifiés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

"diversifier" and "diversifiés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "diversifier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "diversifiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #173,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "diversifier" and "diversifiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diversifie vs diversifiés". 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 #173,291 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