nervios

/[ˈneɾβ̞jos]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,761

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

nervios is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de nervio. Pronounced [ˈneɾβ̞jos]. It ranks #5,761 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with novios and nervioso.

Key facts for nervios
PropertyValue
Headwordnervios
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈneɾβ̞jos]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,761
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of nervios in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for nervios is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈneɾβ̞jos]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,761 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de nervio.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for nervios, with forms such as "enrvios", "nerbios", and "nerivos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "novios", "nervioso", "nerviosa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is nervios, spelled N-E-R-V-I-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de nervio.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enrvios,nerbios,nerivos,nerrvios,nervioss,nerviso,nervois,nervvios,nevrios,nnervios,nrevios

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nervios

Misspelling Variants of "nervios"

enrvios7nerbios7nerivos7nerrvios8nervioss8nerviso7nervois7nervvios8
Misspelling Variants of "nervios"

Frequency rank: #5,761 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nervios"?
"nervios" is spelled N-E-R-V-I-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈneɾβ̞jos].
What does "nervios" mean?
As a noun, "nervios" means: Forma del plural de nervio.
What words are commonly confused with "nervios"?
"nervios" is commonly confused with "novios", "nervioso", "nerviosa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nervios"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nervios" is [ˈneɾβ̞jos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nervios" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.