# deliver

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #2,724

## Definitions
1. To set free from restraint or danger.
2. Senses having to do with birth.
3. Senses having to do with birth.
4. Senses having to do with birth.
5. To free from or disburden of anything.
6. To bring or transport something to its destination.
7. To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
8. To produce what is expected or required.
9. To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
10. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
11. To discover; to show.
12. To administer a drug.

## Etymology
From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”).
Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede).

## Easily confused with
- **diver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-diver)
- **delve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-delve)
- **driver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-driver)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-denver)
- **derive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-derive)
- **denier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-denier)
- **delves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-delves)
- **delved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-delved)
- **derived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-derived)
- **delivery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-delivery)
- **delivered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-delivered)
- **decider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decider-vs-deliver)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddeliver`, `deilver`, `delievr`, `deliverr`, `delivre`, `delivver`, `delliver`, `delvier`, `dleiver`, `edliver`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/deliver