# drivel

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɹɪv.əl/ · frequency rank #40,669

## Definitions
1. Nonsense; senseless talk.
2. Saliva, drool.

## Etymology
From Middle English dravel, dribil, a deverbal from drevelen, drivelen (Etymology 2).

## Easily confused with
- **drove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drivel-vs-drove)
- **driver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drivel-vs-driver)
- **driven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drivel-vs-driven)
- **drives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drivel-vs-drives)
- **droves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drivel-vs-droves)
- **Drivers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drivel-vs-drivers)
- **dive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dive-vs-drivel)
- **drive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drive-vs-drivel)
- **drill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drill-vs-drivel)
- **dried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dried-vs-drivel)
- **diver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-drivel)
- **dives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dives-vs-drivel)
- **drier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drier-vs-drivel)
- **dived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dived-vs-drivel)
- **derive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derive-vs-drivel)
- **derived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derived-vs-drivel)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddrivel`, `dirvel`, `drievl`, `drivell`, `drivle`, `drivvel`, `drrivel`, `drviel`, `rdivel`

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