nerved
adjective, verb
nerved is spelled N-E-R-V-E-D: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, nerved means “Having nerves of a specified kind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in nerved?
| Letters | 6: N-E-R-V-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nerved?
Nerved appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with nerved?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nerved.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: vender.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nerved
- more nerved comparative
- most nerved superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nerved mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
obsoleteVigorous, strong; courageous.
- 2
Having nerves of a specified kind.
a strong-nerved hero
- 3
Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf.
The leaf was palmately nerved.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of nerve
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nerved come from?
From nerve + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).