nervure
\nɛʁ.vyʁ\
The verdict
“nervure” is an uncommon French word, ranked #66,154 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,154
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble des vaisseaux conducteurs de la sève formant un réseau à la surface d'une feuille, d'un sépale ou d'un pétale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nervure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɛʁ.vyʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nervure” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for nervure is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nɛʁ.vyʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #66,154 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for nervure in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is nervure, spelled N-E-R-V-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des vaisseaux conducteurs de la sève formant un réseau à la surface d'une feuille, d'un sépale ou d'un pétale.
- 2Sorte de structure qui renforce la membrane de l'aile des insectes.
- 3Réunion des parties saillantes qui sont formées sur le dos d’un livre par les nerfs ou cordelettes qui servent à relier.
- 4Moulure saillante placée sur les arêtes d’une voûte, sur les côtés des cannelures, sur les arêtes des volutes, sur les angles des pierres, etc.
- 5Armature interne rigidifiant la voilure ou le fuselage tout en structurant la forme aérodynamique de l’aile.
- 6Pliures ou ondulation sur une tôle permettant de la rigidifier en augmentant son moment quadratique.
- 7Marques sinueuses de certaines pierres.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “nervure”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-E-R-V-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nɛʁ.vyʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.