nervousness
"nervousness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nervousness” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #27,580 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,580
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or quality of being nervous.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nervousness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #27,580 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nervousness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for nervousness is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #27,580 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The state or quality of being nervous.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for nervousness, with forms such as "enrvousness", "nerovusness", and "nerrvousness". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nervous + -ness. The correct English form is nervousness, spelled N-E-R-V-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being nervous.
Etymology
From nervous + -ness.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enrvousness,nerovusness,nerrvousness,nervosuness,nervounsess,nervousenss,nervousnes,nervousnness,nervousnses,nervoussness,nervuosness,nervvousness,nevrousness,nnervousness,nrevousness
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nervousness - 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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “nervousness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-E-R-V-O-U-S-N-E-S-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.