Driver
[ˈdʁaɪ̯vɐ]
The verdict
“Driver” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,086
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Computer, Software) Datei, die die Kommunikation mit Hardware ermöglicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-driver · Driver · German
Driver · rank #29,086 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,086
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Drittligisten
Nearest frequency peer: Drittligisten (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Driver“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Doppelpass
Doppelpass
70,919 corpus weight
- drastischen
drastischen
70,918 corpus weight
- dreckiger
dreckiger
70,917 corpus weight
- Drittligist…
Drittligisten
70,916 corpus weight
- Driver
Driver
70,915 corpus weight
- Drucks
Drucks
70,914 corpus weight
What this shows „Driver“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Driver |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʁaɪ̯vɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Driver“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Driver (IPA [ˈdʁaɪ̯vɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,086 among 2,764 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Driver, with forms such as "ddriver", "dirver", and "drievr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "drüber", "Drive", "Diner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Driver, spelled D-R-I-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1(Computer, Software) Datei, die die Kommunikation mit Hardware ermöglicht
- 2besonders langes Holz für den Abschlag
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Driver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lad dir noch den Driver für die Grafikkarte runter.
Mein Driver hat einen zu dicken Griff, daher produziere ich immer einen Slice.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddriver
- dirver
- drievr
- driverr
- drivre
- drivver
- drriver
- drvier
- rdiver
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Driver - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Driver", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).