énervé

\e.nɛʁ.ve\

/\e.nɛʁ.ve\/ adj

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The verdict

“énervé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,258
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a subi le supplice de l’énervation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-enerve · énervé · French

énervé · rank #9,258 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,258
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH émettre

Nearest frequency peer: émettre (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « énervé »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « énervé » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

énervé vs entre
33% similar
énervé vs entrée
33% similar
énervé vs enlève
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for énervé
PropertyValue
Headwordénervé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\e.nɛʁ.ve\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,258
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « énervé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).énervése place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « émettre » (#9,257), « épuisé » (#9,259), « édifices » (#9,256). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « énervé » est au #9,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around énervé (IPA \e.nɛʁ.ve\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,258 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for énervé, with forms such as "enerve", "néervé", and "éenrvé". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "entre", "entrée", "enlève", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is énervé, spelled É-N-E-R-V-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a subi le supplice de l’énervation.
  2. 2
    Mou, affaibli, comme privé de ses nerfs.
  3. 3
    Qui a perdu le contrôle de ses nerfs, et se trouve dans un état de nervosité ou d'agitation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how énervé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un bonhomme un peu voûté, coiffé d’un chapeau énervé, vêtu d’un paletot râpé, veillait à tout, époussetait, engrenait, graissait.
  2. La main qui aurait pu, comme celle de ton célèbre aïeul, qui le premier reçut le nom que tu portes, briser d’un seul coup le crâne d’un taureau de la montagne, est maintenant, comme la mienne, énervée et impuissante.

Synonyms

énarvéexaspéréexcitéirritésoulé

Antonyms

calmepaisibletranquille

This word in other languages

irritated(English)irritado(Español)aufgeregt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enerve
  • néervé
  • éenrvé
  • énerrvé
  • énervvé
  • énerév
  • énevré
  • énnervé
  • énrevé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of énervé - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

enerve2néervé2éenrvé2énerrvé1énervvé1énerév2énevré2énnervé1
Edit distance from "énervé"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "énervé"?
"énervé" is spelled É-N-E-R-V-É. The IPA pronunciation is \e.nɛʁ.ve\.
What does "énervé" mean?
As an adjective, "énervé" means: Qui a subi le supplice de l’énervation.
What words are commonly confused with "énervé"?
"énervé" is commonly confused with "entre", "entrée", "enlève". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "énervé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "énervé" is \e.nɛʁ.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "énervé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "énervé", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

épuisé#9,259écrasé#9,255allume#9,264astuce#9,269

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

émettre9 variantsavocate9 variantsbaguette9 variantsbranle9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list