Nervus
[ˈnɛʁvʊs]
The verdict
“Nervus” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #49,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,117
- frequency rank, German
- 1,954
- “N” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Strang aus Nervenzellen, der der Erregungsleitung im tierischen oder menschlichen Körper dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-nervus · Nervus · German
Nervus · rank #49,117 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,117
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,954
- PHOTO-FINISH Nepomuk
Nearest frequency peer: Nepomuk (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Nervus“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- negiert
negiert
50,886 corpus weight
- Nepomuk
Nepomuk
50,885 corpus weight
- Nervus
Nervus
50,884 corpus weight
- Neubewertung
Neubewertung
50,883 corpus weight
- Neuner
Neuner
50,882 corpus weight
- neunzehnten
neunzehnten
50,881 corpus weight
What this shows „Nervus“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Nervus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈnɛʁvʊs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Nervus“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Nervus (IPA [ˈnɛʁvʊs]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,117 among 1,954 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Strang aus Nervenzellen, der der Erregungsleitung im tierischen oder menschlichen Körper dient".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Nervus, with forms such as "enrvus", "nerrvus", and "neruvs". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Nexus", "Nerv", "nervt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Nervus, spelled N-E-R-V-U-S.
Definition
- 1ein Strang aus Nervenzellen, der der Erregungsleitung im tierischen oder menschlichen Körper dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Nervus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach dem Ursprung der Nervus werden bei Wirbeltieren Spinalnerven, die das Zentralnervensystem (ZNS) im Bereich des Rückenmarks verlassen, und Hirnnerven, die aus dem Gehirn entspringen, unterschieden.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enrvus
- nerrvus
- neruvs
- nervsu
- nervuss
- nervvus
- nevrus
- nnervus
- nrevus
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Nervus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Nervus", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).