# derivó vs drive

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### derivó
*verb · IPA [d̪eɾiˈβ̞o] · frequency rank #23,747*
Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de derivar.

### drive
*verb · IPA [d̥ʁiːwə] · frequency rank #13,445*
Operar (maquinaria).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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