# diver

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdaɪ̯və(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #16,892

## Definitions
1. Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
2. Someone who works underwater; a frogman.
3. loon (Gavia)
4. The New Zealand sand diver.
5. The long-finned sand diver.
6. A passenger carrying vehicle using an underground route; specially, a diver tram, one using the former Kingsway tramway subway (1906-1952).
7. pickpocket
8. A competitor in certain sports who is known to regularly imitate being fouled, with the purpose of getting his/her opponent penalised.

## Etymology
From dive + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **dove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-dove)
- **dyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-dyer)
- **doer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-doer)
- **drive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-drive)
- **Dover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-dover)
- **dryer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-dryer)
- **dives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-dives)
- **drier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-drier)
- **doves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-doves)
- **Dwyer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-dwyer)
- **duvet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-duvet)
- **duper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-duper)
- **Divya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-divya)
- **driver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-driver)
- **driven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-driven)
- **drives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-drives)
- **divers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-divers)
- **divert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-divert)
- **divest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-divest)
- **drivel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-drivel)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddiver`, `dievr`, `diverr`, `divre`, `divver`, `dvier`, `idver`

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