Which to use
“divines” is an adjective and “divinités” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,233
- “divines” frequency rank
- #18,989
- “divinités” frequency rank
- 41222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divines | divinités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de divin. | Pluriel de divinité. |
Where the eye mixes divines and divinités
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. divines runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against divinités's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: divines vs divinités
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: divines is \di.vin\ while divinités is \di.vi.ni.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divines is recorded at frequency rank #22,233, classified as anadj, pronounced \di.vin\. divinités is at rank #18,989, tagged as anoun, pronounced \di.vi.ni.te\.
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 41222, this pair ranks #234,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of divines vs divinités
Shared letters: dinsv. Private to "divines": e. Private to "divinités": té.
"divines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "divinités" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- divines ← ddivines · diivnes · diviens · diviness · divinnes · divinse · divnies · divvines
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "divines" and "divinités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "divines" or "divinités" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "divines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divinités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divines" and "divinités" 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 #234,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.