divergente
/di.vɨɾ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“divergente” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #24,949 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #24,949
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que possui ou causa divergência.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divergente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /di.vɨɾ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #24,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “divergente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for divergente is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /di.vɨɾ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #24,949 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que possui ou causa divergência.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for divergente, with forms such as "ddivergente", "dievrgente", and "divegrente". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "diferente", "detergente", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is divergente, spelled D-I-V-E-R-G-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Que possui ou causa divergência.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddivergente,dievrgente,divegrente,diveregnte,divergenet,divergennte,divergentte,divergetne,diverggente,divergnete,diverrgente,divregente,divvergente,dviergente,idvergente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of divergente - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “divergente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-V-E-R-G-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /di.vɨɾ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “diferente” - see the side-by-side comparison. divergente vs diferente
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.