divine

/di.vin/

//di.vin// adj

The verdict

“divine” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #52,109 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#52,109
frequency rank, Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - feminino de divin

Key facts for divine
PropertyValue
Headworddivine
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/di.vin/
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,109
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “divine” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). divine lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for divine is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /di.vin/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,109 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "feminino de divin".

No generated misspelling entries exist for divine in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is divine, spelled D-I-V-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    feminino de divin

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "divine"?
"divine" is spelled D-I-V-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /di.vin/.
What does "divine" mean?
As an adjective, "divine" means: feminino de divin
How do you pronounce "divine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "divine" is /di.vin/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "divine" come from?
"divine" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “divine”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-I-V-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /di.vin/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list