nervous
\ˈnɜː.vəs\
The verdict
“nervous” is uncommon French (frequency #85,055 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,055
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nerveux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nervous · nervous · French
nervous · rank #85,055 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,055
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH naturopathe
Nearest frequency peer: naturopathe (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « nervous »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Nahum
Nahum
14,951 corpus weight
- narrant
narrant
14,949 corpus weight
- naturopathe
naturopathe
14,947 corpus weight
- nervous
nervous
14,946 corpus weight
- nonciature
nonciature
14,940 corpus weight
- nort
nort
14,939 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « nervous » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nervous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈnɜː.vəs\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,055 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nervous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nervous is uncommon French at frequency #85,055 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈnɜː.vəs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nerveux.".
No misspelling variants are generated for nervous in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nervous, spelled N-E-R-V-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Nerveux.
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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