nerovsnervtTell them apart

Quick tell: nero is a adjective, nervt is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nero” is an adjective and “nervt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,344
“nero” frequency rank
#5,401
“nervt” frequency rank
23745
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nero nervt
Definition schwarz, Schwarz- 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs nerven

Letter map: nero vs nervt

Shared letters muted; letters that set nero and nervt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
nero
5 ch
nervt

Role in the sentence - nero and nervt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nero is anadjective and nervtaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23745, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nero is recorded at frequency rank #18,344, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. nervt is at rank #5,401, tagged as averb, pronounced [nɛʁft].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 23745, this pair ranks #1,857,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of nero vs nervt

Shared letters: enr. Private to "nero": o. Private to "nervt": tv.

"nero" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "nervt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • neroenro · neor · nerro · nnero · nreo
  • nervtenrvt · nerrvt · nertv · nervtt · nervvt · nevrt · nnervt · nrevt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nero" and "nervt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nero" is an adjective and "nervt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "nero" or "nervt"?
"nervt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,401 in our German list, against #18,344 for "nero". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "nero" vs "nervt" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nero" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nervt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,857,123 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nero" and "nervt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nero vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,857,123 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list