driverless
"driverless" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“driverless” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,114. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,114
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Without a driver.
Corpus desk
Index EN-driverless · driverless · English
driverless · rank #36,114 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,114
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dougherty
Nearest frequency peer: Dougherty (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “driverless”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Dolph
Dolph
63,891 corpus weight
- Donahue
Donahue
63,890 corpus weight
- Dougherty
Dougherty
63,888 corpus weight
- driverless
driverless
63,887 corpus weight
- drowsy
drowsy
63,885 corpus weight
- Dunlap
Dunlap
63,884 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “driverless” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | driverless |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #36,114 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “driverless” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around driverless, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,114 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Without a driver.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for driverless, with forms such as "ddriverless", "dirverless", and "drievrless". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From driver + -less. The correct English form is driverless, spelled D-R-I-V-E-R-L-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Without a driver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how driverless appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a driverless vehicle
Will Underground trains be completely driverless? The new signalling being installed as part of the Upgrade will allow this, and the development, allowing a faster throughput of trains, might arise from, or be stopped by, a battle with the unions. Mike Brown, Managing Director of London Underground, envisages driverless trains within twenty years.
Etymology
From driver + -less.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddriverless
- dirverless
- drievrless
- drivelress
- driverelss
- driverles
- driverlless
- driverlses
- driverrless
- drivreless
- drivverless
- drriverless
- drvierless
- rdiverless
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of driverless - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #36,114 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.