nexus
nex·us/ˈnɛksəs/noun
nexus is spelled N-E-X-U-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables (nex·us). It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nexus means “A form or state of connection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nexus is nexuses or nexusses; Wiktionary also lists nexi (hypercorrect).
How many letters and syllables are in nexus?
| Letters | 5: N-E-X-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: nex·us |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nexus?
Nexus appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nexus?
- US /ˈnɛksəs/
- UK /ˈnɛksuːs/
- US /ˈnɛksus/
Nexus has 2 syllables, split nex·us in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-nexus.wav, En-us-nexus.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nexus?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as nexus (/ɛksəs/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: unsex.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nexus
- nexuses plural
- nexusses plural
- nexi hypercorrect, plural
- nexii plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nexus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A form or state of connection.
- 2
CanadaUSThe relationship between a vendor and a jurisdiction for the purpose of taxation, established for example by the vendor operating a physical store in that jurisdiction.
- 3
A connected group; a network, a web.
- 4
A centre or focus of something.
- 5
In the work of the Danish linguist Otto Jespersen (1860–1943): a group of words expressing two concepts in one unit (such as a clause or sentence).
- 6
A person who had contracted a nexum or obligation of such a kind that, if they failed to pay, their creditor could compel them to work as a servant until the debt was paid; an indentured servant.
noun
- 1
rareplural of nexus
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nexus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nexus, lien |
| German | Verbindung, Verknüpfung , Netzwerk , Kern, Zentrum |
| Portuguese | nexo , centro |
| Spanish | nexo, conexión , cuña, enchufe, junta, vinculación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nexus come from?
From Latin nexus (“connection, nexus; act of binding, tying or fastening together; something which binds, binding, bond, fastening, joint; legal obligation”), from nectō (“to attach, bind, connect, fasten, tie; to interweave; to relate; to unite; to bind by obligation, make liable, oblige; to compose, contrive, devise, produce”, supine stem nex-) + -tus (suffix forming verbal nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).