bundle of nerves

noun

"bundle-of-nerves" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bundle of nerves” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person with an especially nervous, excitable, or fearful disposition.

Key facts for bundle of nerves
PropertyValue
Headwordbundle of nerves
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bundle of nerves” sits in English frequency

bundle of nerves falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bundle of nerves is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for bundle of nerves, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is bundle of nerves, spelled B-U-N-D-L-E- -O-F- -N-E-R-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person with an especially nervous, excitable, or fearful disposition.
  2. 2
    A lively, continually active person.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bundle of nerves"?
"bundle of nerves" is spelled B-U-N-D-L-E- -O-F- -N-E-R-V-E-S.
What does "bundle of nerves" mean?
As a noun, "bundle of nerves" means: A person with an especially nervous, excitable, or fearful disposition.
What language does "bundle of nerves" come from?
"bundle of nerves" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “bundle of nerves”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is B-U-N-D-L-E- -O-F- -N-E-R-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list