# deprive

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈpɹaɪv/ · frequency rank #22,642

## Definitions
1. Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
2. To degrade (a clergyman) from office.
3. To bereave.

## Etymology
From Middle English depryven, from Old French depriver, from Medieval Latin dēprīvō, from Latin dē- + prīvō.

## Easily confused with
- **drive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deprive-vs-drive)
- **derive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deprive-vs-derive)
- **derived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deprive-vs-derived)
- **deprived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deprive-vs-deprived)
- **deceive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deceive-vs-deprive)
- **depraved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depraved-vs-deprive)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddeprive`, `depirve`, `depprive`, `depriev`, `deprivve`, `deprrive`, `deprvie`, `derpive`, `dperive`, `edprive`

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