# driving

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈdɹaɪvɪŋ/ · frequency rank #1,335

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of drive

## Etymology
From Middle English dryvyng, drivende, from Old English drīfende, from Proto-Germanic *drībandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), equivalent to drive + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian drieuwend, West Frisian driuwend, Dutch drijvend, German Low German drievend, German treibend, Swedish drivande.

## Easily confused with
- **drying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/driving-vs-drying)
- **driven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/driven-vs-driving)
- **divine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/divine-vs-driving)
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dining-vs-driving)
- **diving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diving-vs-driving)
- **drawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drawing-vs-driving)
- **delving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delving-vs-driving)
- **drinking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drinking-vs-driving)
- **drilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drilling-vs-driving)
- **draining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/draining-vs-driving)
- **drifting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/drifting-vs-driving)
- **dripping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dripping-vs-driving)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ddriving`, `dirving`, `driivng`, `drivign`, `drivingg`, `drivinng`, `drivnig`, `drivving`, `drriving`, `drviing`, `rdiving`

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