# delves

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɛlvz/ · frequency rank #41,077

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of delve

## Etymology
From delve + -s.

## Easily confused with
- **devs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delves-vs-devs)
- **dives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delves-vs-dives)
- **doves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delves-vs-doves)
- **Devos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delves-vs-devos)
- **drives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delves-vs-drives)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delves-vs-denver)
- **droves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delves-vs-droves)
- **delve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delve-vs-delves)
- **dales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dales-vs-delves)
- **Delle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delle-vs-delves)
- **delved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delved-vs-delves)
- **deliver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deliver-vs-delves)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddelves`, `delevs`, `dellves`, `delvess`, `delvse`, `delvves`, `devles`, `dleves`, `edlves`

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