driver

/[ˈd̪ɾajβ̞eɾ]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,577

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

driver is aSpanishnoun. It means: Software que provee una interfaz para que el sistema operativo pueda vincularse con los periféricos externos. Pronounced [ˈd̪ɾajβ̞eɾ]. Often confused with drivers and drive.

Key facts for driver
PropertyValue
Headworddriver
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪ɾajβ̞eɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,577
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of driver in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for driver is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪ɾajβ̞eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,577 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Software que provee una interfaz para que el sistema operativo pueda vincularse con los periféricos externos.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for driver, with forms such as "ddriver", "dirver", and "driber". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "drivers", "drive", "Denver", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is driver, spelled D-R-I-V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Software que provee una interfaz para que el sistema operativo pueda vincularse con los periféricos externos.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddriver,dirver,driber,drievr,driverr,drivre,drivver,drriver,drvier,rdiver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for driver

Misspelling Variants of "driver"

ddriver7dirver6driber6drievr6driverr7drivre6drivver7drriver7
Misspelling Variants of "driver"

Frequency rank: #27,577 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "driver"?
"driver" is spelled D-R-I-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪ɾajβ̞eɾ].
What does "driver" mean?
As a noun, "driver" means: Software que provee una interfaz para que el sistema operativo pueda vincularse con los periféricos externos.
What words are commonly confused with "driver"?
"driver" is commonly confused with "drivers", "drive", "Denver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "driver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "driver" is [ˈd̪ɾajβ̞eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "driver" come from?
"driver" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.