unnerved
"unnerved" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unnerved” is uncommon English (frequency #52,700 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,700
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deprived of courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unnerved · unnerved · English
unnerved · rank #52,700 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,700
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unknowing
Nearest frequency peer: unknowing (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “unnerved”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unfailing
unfailing
47,305 corpus weight
- unfavorably
unfavorably
47,304 corpus weight
- unknowing
unknowing
47,302 corpus weight
- unnerved
unnerved
47,301 corpus weight
- untie
untie
47,300 corpus weight
- utilitarian…
utilitarianism
47,298 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unnerved” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unnerved |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unnerved” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unnerved is uncommon English at frequency #52,700 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deprived of courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc.".
Zero misspellings are on record for unnerved in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is unnerved, spelled U-N-N-E-R-V-E-D.
Definition
- 1Deprived of courage, strength, confidence, self-control, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unnerved appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
`Surely he dieth even now.' `True,' she said, with a start. `Oh, why did I not come before! I am unnerved - my hand trembles, even mine - and yet it is very easy.'
[…]Wrapped in around itself and self-befriended, His science needn't get him so unnerved. He had been too all out , too much extended . He slapped his breast to verify his purse And hugged himself for all his universe . […]
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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