enervated
/ˈɛnɝveɪtəd/
"enervated" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enervated” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enervated · enervated · English
enervated · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enervated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɛnɝveɪtəd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “enervated” in English
Rare enough to double-check
enervated is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɛnɝveɪtəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for enervated in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is enervated, spelled E-N-E-R-V-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Weakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
- 2Synonym of denervated.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enervated appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Conte Chelsea have something different, a manager who inherited a messy, enervated squad fresh from the worst title defence in 25 years and threw a lightning bolt through pretty much the same group of players to create a fresh champion team.
This word in other languages
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.