Drive
[dʁaɪ̯f]
The verdict
“Drive” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,067
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der erste Schlag auf einer Spielbahn, der vom Tee geschlagen wird, oft mit dem Holz 1, das auch Driver genannt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-drive · Drive · German
Drive · rank #10,067 · 7 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,067
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Durchgang
Nearest frequency peer: Durchgang (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Drive”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Dampf
Dampf
89,938 corpus weight
- Darlehen
Darlehen
89,936 corpus weight
- Drive
Drive
89,934 corpus weight
- Durchgang
Durchgang
89,933 corpus weight
- eingetreten
eingetreten
89,932 corpus weight
- eingetroffen
eingetroffen
89,931 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Drive” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Drive |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dʁaɪ̯f] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Drive” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Drive (IPA [dʁaɪ̯f]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,067 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Drive, with forms such as "ddrive", "dirve", and "driev". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Droge", "drohe", "Driver", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Drive, spelled D-R-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1der erste Schlag auf einer Spielbahn, der vom Tee geschlagen wird, oft mit dem Holz 1, das auch Driver genannt wird
- 2Grundschlag mit der Vor- oder Rückhand, bei dem der Ball nur wenig rotiert
- 3Neigung oder Drang, etwas zu unternehmen, etwas voranzubringen
- 4treibender Rhythmus im Jazz und in der Rockmusik
- 5Schneller, flacher Ball auf Augenhöhe, knapp über das Netz geschlagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Drive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Drive landete nach 280 Metern leider im Sandbunker.
„[…] die Profis [sind] schon eingestellt auf Major-Turniere, die hart und fordernd sind, nicht hübsch und gemütlich. Mutige, hart arbeitende Golfer mit geraden Drives und zäher Natur stehen hoch im Kurs.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddrive
- dirve
- driev
- drivve
- drrive
- drvie
- rdive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Drive - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Drive", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Drive". Here's where to go from here.
- "Drive" maps to 19 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Droge". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,067 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.