# nestle

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈnɛsəl/ · frequency rank #29,394

## Definitions
1. To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
2. To press oneself against another affectionately.
3. To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
4. To build or sit upon a nest.
5. Of a bird: to look after its young.
6. To move or place into a comfortable position

## Etymology
From Middle English nestelen, nestlen, from Old English nistlan, nestlian, nistlian (“to make or build a nest”), from Proto-West Germanic *nistilōn (“to build or occupy a nest; nestle”), equivalent to nest + -le. Cognate with Middle Low German nëstelen (“to build a nest”), Dutch nestelen (“to nest, nestle”).

## Easily confused with
- **Nestor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nestle-vs-nestor)
- **nettle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nestle-vs-nettle)
- **nest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nest-vs-nestle)
- **Neale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neale-vs-nestle)
- **needle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/needle-vs-nestle)
- **neatly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neatly-vs-nestle)
- **nested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nested-vs-nestle)

## Common misspellings (9)
`enstle`, `neslte`, `nesstle`, `nestel`, `nestlle`, `nesttle`, `netsle`, `nnestle`, `nsetle`

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