système nerveux
\sis.tɛm nɛʁ.vø\
The verdict
“système nerveux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Réseau d’organes comportant les nerfs, le cerveau, et la moelle épinière qui coordonne les mouvements, contrôle le fonctionnement des organes, véhicule les informations sensorielles et motrices, ré...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | système nerveux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sis.tɛm nɛʁ.vø\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “système nerveux” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
système nerveux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sis.tɛm nɛʁ.vø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Réseau d’organes comportant les nerfs, le cerveau, et la moelle épinière qui coordonne les mouvements, contrôle le fonctionnement des organes, véhicule les informations sensorielles et motrices, ré...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for système nerveux in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is système nerveux, spelled S-Y-S-T-È-M-E- -N-E-R-V-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Réseau d’organes comportant les nerfs, le cerveau, et la moelle épinière qui coordonne les mouvements, contrôle le fonctionnement des organes, véhicule les informations sensorielles et motrices, régule les émotions et l’intellect.
This word in other languages
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- The one correct French spelling is S-Y-S-T-È-M-E- -N-E-R-V-E-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sis.tɛm nɛʁ.vø\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.