Which to use
“divisée” and “diviser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,471
- “divisée” frequency rank
- #8,985
- “diviser” frequency rank
- 18456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | divisée | diviser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de diviser. | Séparer en parties ; morceler ; fractionner. |
Same sound, different letters: divisée vs diviser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - divisée / diviser
This is the hard kind. divisée and diviser are pronounced identically (\di.vi.ze\) 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 18456, 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\. diviser is at rank #8,985, tagged as averb, pronounced \di.vi.ze\.
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 18456, this pair ranks #378,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of divisée vs diviser
Shared letters: deisv. Private to "divisée": é. Private to "diviser": r.
"divisée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "diviser" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diviser ← ddiviser · diivser · diviesr · diviserr · divisre · divisser · divsier · divviser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "divisée" for "diviser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "divisée" vs "diviser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"divisée" and "diviser" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "divisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diviser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "divisée" and "diviser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divisée 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 #378,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.