nervis
\nɛʁ.vi\
The verdict
“nervis” is uncommon French (frequency #77,742 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,742
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de nervi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nervis · nervis · French
nervis · rank #77,742 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,742
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Nederland
Nearest frequency peer: Nederland (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « nervis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nantissement
nantissement
22,264 corpus weight
- naturalisée
naturalisée
22,263 corpus weight
- nazca
nazca
22,262 corpus weight
- Nederland
Nederland
22,261 corpus weight
- nervis
nervis
22,259 corpus weight
- Nissa
Nissa
22,256 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nervis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nervis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛʁ.vi\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,742 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nervis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nervis is uncommon French at frequency #77,742 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɛʁ.vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de nervi.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nervis in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is nervis, spelled N-E-R-V-I-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de nervi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nervis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les deux nervis après avoir sifflé leurs verres quittèrent le bar, un petit salut amical au coin du bitos.
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.
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