dériver

/\de.ʁi.ve\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,632

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dériver is aFrenchverb. It means: Détourner un cours d’eau. Pronounced \de.ʁi.ve\. Often confused with drive and driver.

Key facts for dériver
PropertyValue
Headworddériver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.ʁi.ve\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,632
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dériver in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for dériver is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.ʁi.ve\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,632 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dériver, with forms such as "ddériver", "deriver", and "dréiver". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "drive", "driver", "dévier", 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 French form is dériver, spelled D-É-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
    Détourner un cours d’eau.
  2. 2
    Quitter un cours d’eau naturel ou un chenal.
  3. 3
    Tirer son origine de quelque part ; découler. → voir dérivé.
  4. 4
    Être issu par dérivation propre ou impropre. → voir dérivé.
  5. 5
    Trouver le rapport de l’accroissement d’une fonction à celui de la variable, quand la variable s’accroît d’une quantité de plus en plus petite. → voir dérivée.
  6. 6
    Sortir de ou être issu de quelque chose.
  7. 7
    Dévier de sa route, en parlant d’un vaisseau, sous la poussée du vent ou sous l’action d’un courant.
  8. 8
    S’écarter de sa direction, ne pas suivre une ligne droite.
  9. 9
    Détourner une cause morbide, l’attirer d’une partie dans une autre.
  10. 10
    Établir une connexion électrique en utilisant un circuit dérivé.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddériver,deriver,dréiver,déirver,dérievr,dériverr,dérivre,dérivver,dérriver,dérvier,édriver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dériver

Misspelling Variants of "dériver"

ddériver8deriver7dréiver7déirver7dérievr7dériverr8dérivre7dérivver8
Misspelling Variants of "dériver"

Frequency rank: #25,632 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dériver"?
"dériver" is spelled D-É-R-I-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.ʁi.ve\.
What does "dériver" mean?
As a verb, "dériver" means: Détourner un cours d’eau.
What words are commonly confused with "dériver"?
"dériver" is commonly confused with "drive", "driver", "dévier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dériver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dériver" is \de.ʁi.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dériver" come from?
"dériver" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.