# driver

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdɹaɪ.və/ · frequency rank #1,821

## Definitions
1. One who drives something.
2. One who drives something.
3. One who drives something.
4. One who drives something.
5. Something that drives something else.
6. Something that drives something else.
7. Something that drives something else.
8. Something that drives something else.
9. Something that drives something else.
10. Something that drives something else.
11. Something that drives something else.
12. Something that drives something else.
13. Something that drives something else.
14. Something that drives something else.
15. Something that drives something else.
16. Something that drives something else.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **drove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/driver-vs-drove)
- **dryer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/driver-vs-dryer)
- **drives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/driver-vs-drives)
- **droves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/driver-vs-droves)
- **Drivers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/driver-vs-drivers)
- **dive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dive-vs-driver)
- **drive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drive-vs-driver)
- **dried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dried-vs-driver)
- **Dover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dover-vs-driver)
- **diner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diner-vs-driver)
- **diver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diver-vs-driver)
- **dives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dives-vs-driver)
- **drier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drier-vs-driver)
- **dived** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dived-vs-driver)
- **dimer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dimer-vs-driver)
- **driven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/driven-vs-driver)
- **Denver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denver-vs-driver)
- **drawer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawer-vs-driver)
- **divers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divers-vs-driver)
- **derive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/derive-vs-driver)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddriver`, `dirver`, `drievr`, `driverr`, `drivre`, `drivver`, `drriver`, `drvier`, `rdiver`

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