Drives

[dʁaɪ̯fs]

/[dʁaɪ̯fs]/ noun

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The verdict

“Drives” is uncommon German (frequency #98,319 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,319
frequency rank, German
45,632
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Drive

Key facts for Drives
PropertyValue
HeadwordDrives
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dʁaɪ̯fs]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,319
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Drives” sits in German 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). Drives lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

Drives is uncommon German at frequency #98,319 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dʁaɪ̯fs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Drives doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Drives, spelled D-R-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Drive
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Drive
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Drive
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Drive
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Drive

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Drives"?
"Drives" is spelled D-R-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [dʁaɪ̯fs].
What does "Drives" mean?
As a noun, "Drives" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Drive
How do you pronounce "Drives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Drives" is [dʁaɪ̯fs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Drives" come from?
"Drives" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Drives”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is D-R-I-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [dʁaɪ̯fs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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