# Neva

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,790

## Definitions
1. A river in Russia, on which the Saint Petersburg city is placed.

## Etymology
From Russian Нева́ (Nevá), from Finnic (compare Finnish neva).

## Easily confused with
- **new** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-new)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nov)
- **NSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nsa)
- **NRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nra)
- **nia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nia)
- **nga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nga)
- **NWA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nwa)
- **ney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-ney)
- **NEX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nex)
- **Noa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-noa)
- **nya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nya)
- **next** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-next)
- **news** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-news)
- **nova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nova)
- **Nina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nina)
- **Nora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nora)
- **newt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-newt)
- **NOAA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-noaa)
- **NOLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-nola)
- **neve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neva-vs-neve)

## Common misspellings (5)
`enva`, `neav`, `nevva`, `nneva`, `nvea`

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