nevus
/ˈniːvəs/
"nevus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nevus” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nevus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈniːvəs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nevus” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for nevus is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈniːvəs/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.".
No misspelling variants are generated for nevus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin naevus. The correct English form is nevus, spelled N-E-V-U-S.
Definition
- 1Any of a number of different, usually benign, pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal lesions of the skin.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin naevus.
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.
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Using “nevus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-E-V-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.