# nested

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #27,942

## Definitions
1. Embedded.
2. Successively fitted one inside another.
3. (Of a lexical item) contained within a dictionary entry as a subordinate term of the main headword.

## Easily confused with
- **noted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nested-vs-noted)
- **nosed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nested-vs-nosed)
- **nestle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nested-vs-nestle)
- **Nestor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nested-vs-nestor)
- **neuter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nested-vs-neuter)
- **need** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/need-vs-nested)
- **nest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nest-vs-nested)
- **needed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/needed-vs-nested)
- **necked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/necked-vs-nested)
- **negated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/negated-vs-nested)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ensted`, `nesetd`, `nessted`, `nestde`, `nestedd`, `nestted`, `netsed`, `nnested`, `nseted`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nested