# neve

> English word · Noun · IPA /niːv/ · frequency rank #37,593

## Definitions
1. Nephew.
2. A male cousin.
3. A grandson.
4. A spendthrift.

## Etymology
From Middle English neve, neave, from Old English nefa (“nephew, grandson”), from Proto-West Germanic *nefō, from Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Today mostly displaced by its cognate nephew (from Old French neveu). Compare nift (“niece”).

## Easily confused with
- **new** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-new)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nov)
- **nye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nye)
- **Noe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-noe)
- **ney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-ney)
- **NME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nme)
- **NEX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nex)
- **next** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-next)
- **news** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-news)
- **nice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nice)
- **note** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-note)
- **none** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-none)
- **nine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nine)
- **nose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nose)
- **nope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nope)
- **nude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nude)
- **nova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nova)
- **Nike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nike)
- **node** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-node)
- **Nile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neve-vs-nile)

## Common misspellings (5)
`enve`, `neev`, `nevve`, `nneve`, `nvee`

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