nervure
/ˈnəːvj(ʊ)ə/
"nervure" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nervure” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A vein in the wing of an insect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nervure · nervure · English
nervure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | nervure |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnəːvj(ʊ)ə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “nervure” in English
Rare enough to double-check
nervure is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnəːvj(ʊ)ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for nervure in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French nervure. The correct English form is nervure, spelled N-E-R-V-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A vein in the wing of an insect.
- 2Any of the veins that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ.
- 3One of the ribs in a groined vault; a projecting moulding.
Etymology
Borrowed from French nervure.
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.