driven
\ˈdɹɪv.ən\
The verdict
“driven” is uncommon French (frequency #70,549 among 404,891 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,549
- frequency rank, French
- 404,891
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe passé du verbe drive.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | driven |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈdɹɪv.ən\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “driven” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
driven is uncommon French at frequency #70,549 among 404,891 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈdɹɪv.ən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé du verbe drive.".
driven has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is driven, spelled D-R-I-V-E-N.
Definition
- 1Participe passé du verbe drive.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “driven”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-R-I-V-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.