# nest vs neve

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nest
*noun · IPA /nɛst/ · frequency rank #6,384*
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.

### neve
*noun · IPA /niːv/ · frequency rank #37,593*
Nephew.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nest-vs-neve