Which to use
“divinité” and “divinités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,357
- “divinité” frequency rank
- #18,989
- “divinités” frequency rank
- 31346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divinité | divinités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Essence divine ; nature divine. | Pluriel de divinité. |
Same sound, different letters: divinité vs divinités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. divinité runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against divinités's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - divinité / divinités
This is the hard kind. divinité and divinités are pronounced identically (\di.vi.ni.te\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “divinité” sits inside “divinités”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31346, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divinité is recorded at frequency rank #12,357, classified as anoun, pronounced \di.vi.ni.te\. 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 31346, this pair ranks #304,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of divinité vs divinités
Shared letters: dintvé. Private to "divinité": -. Private to "divinités": s.
"divinité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "divinités" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "divinité" and "divinités" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "divinité" vs "divinités" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"divinité" and "divinités" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "divinité" 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 #304,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divinité" and "divinités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divines vs divinités". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #304,374 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.