Which to use
“divisée” and “divisent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,471
- “divisée” frequency rank
- #23,514
- “divisent” frequency rank
- 32985
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divisée | divisent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de diviser. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de diviser. |
Where the eye mixes divisée and divisent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. divisée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against divisent's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: divisée vs divisent
A purely visual mix-up. divisée (\di.vi.ze\) and divisent (\di.viz\) 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 32985, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
divisée is recorded at frequency rank #9,471, classified as averb, pronounced \di.vi.ze\. divisent is at rank #23,514, tagged as averb, pronounced \di.viz\.
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 32985, this pair ranks #293,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of divisée vs divisent
Shared letters: deisv. Private to "divisée": é. Private to "divisent": nt.
"divisée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "divisent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- divisent ← ddivisent · diivsent · diviesnt · divisennt · divisentt · divisetn · divisnet · divissent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "divisée" and "divisent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "divisée" or "divisent" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "divisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divisent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #293,624 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divisée" and "divisent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divisent vs diviseur". 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 #293,624 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.