neighbor
neigh·bor/ˈneɪ.bɚ/noun, verb
neighbor is spelled N-E-I-G-H-B-O-R: 8 letters and 2 syllables (neigh·bor). It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “neighbor vs neighbour” about 390 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, neighbor means “US standard spelling of neighbour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of neighbor is neighbors.
How many letters and syllables are in neighbor?
| Letters | 8: N-E-I-G-H-B-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: neigh·bor |
| In writing | 13 times per million words; the 5,957th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is neighbor?
Neighbor appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 5,957th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce neighbor?
- US /ˈneɪ.bɚ/
Neighbor has 2 syllables, split neigh·bor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-neighbor.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with neighbor
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: neighboring, neighbour.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with neighbor?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as neighbor from its last stressed vowel (/eɪbəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of neighbor
- neighbors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- neighboring participle, present
- neighbored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does neighbor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USUS standard spelling of neighbour.
verb
- 1
USUS standard spelling of neighbour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).