# delves vs drives

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### delves
*verb · IPA /dɛlvz/ · frequency rank #41,077*
third-person singular simple present indicative of delve

### drives
*noun · IPA /dɹaɪvz/ · frequency rank #4,442*
plural of drive

## Source
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