Which to use
“diviser” is a verb and “divisés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,985
- “diviser” frequency rank
- #13,571
- “divisés” frequency rank
- 22556
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diviser | divisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Séparer en parties ; morceler ; fractionner. | Masculin pluriel de divisé. |
Same sound, different letters: diviser vs divisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - diviser and divisés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: diviser and divisés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \di.vi.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22556, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diviser is recorded at frequency rank #8,985, classified as averb, pronounced \di.vi.ze\. divisés is at rank #13,571, tagged as anadj, 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 22556, this pair ranks #357,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of diviser vs divisés
Shared letters: disv. Private to "diviser": er. Private to "divisés": é.
"diviser" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "divisés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diviser ← ddiviser · diivser · diviesr · diviserr · divisre · divisser · divsier · divviser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "diviser" and "divisés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "diviser" vs "divisés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "diviser" / "divisés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "diviser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "divisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diviser" and "divisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "divisés 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 #357,353 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.