driver
/ˈdɹaɪvɚ/noun
driver is spelled D-R-I-V-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 56 times per million words in written English, the 1,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, driver means “One who drives something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of driver is drivers.
How many letters and syllables are in driver?
| Letters | 6: D-R-I-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 56 times per million words; the 1,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is driver?
Driver appears 56 times per million words in written English, the 1,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce driver?
- UK /ˈdɹaɪ.və/
- US /ˈdɹaɪvɚ/
Driver has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-driver.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-driver.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with driver?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as driver from its last stressed vowel (/aɪvəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of driver
- drivers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does driver mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who drives something.
- 2
A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car, truck, bus, train, forklift, etc.
The driver will make an announcement when the trip is nearing its completion.
- 3
slangA pilot (person who flies aircraft).
- 4
A person who drives livestock: a drover.
- 5
Something that drives something else.
- 6
A device driver; a program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
- 7
A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
- 8
A kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Driver in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | conducteur, conductrice, traqueur, traqueuse |
| German | Treiber, Treiberin , Fahrer, Fahrerin |
| Portuguese | condutor, condutora , motorista |
| Spanish | conductor, conductora , chofer, manejador |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does driver come from?
From Middle English drivere, dryvere, dryvare, equivalent to drive + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Drieuwer (“driver”), Dutch drijver (“driver”), German Low German Driever (“driver”), German Treiber (“driver”), Swedish drivare (“driver”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).