Which to use
“divine” and “divines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,286
- “divine” frequency rank
- #22,233
- “divines” frequency rank
- 28519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divine | divines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de divin. | Féminin pluriel de divin. |
Same sound, different letters: divine vs divines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - divine and divines
This is the hard kind. divine and divines are pronounced identically (\di.vin\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “divine” sits inside “divines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divine is recorded at frequency rank #6,286, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.vin\. divines is at rank #22,233, tagged as anadj, pronounced \di.vin\.
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 28519, this pair ranks #322,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of divine vs divines
Shared letters: deinv. Private to "divine": -. Private to "divines": s.
"divine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "divines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "divine" and "divines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "divine" vs "divines" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "divine" / "divines". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "divine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #322,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divine" and "divines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diminués vs divines". 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 #322,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.