neighborhood

/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/

//ˈneɪbə.hʊd// noun

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"neighborhood" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“neighborhood” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,012
frequency rank, English
1,534
“N” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The residential area near one's home.

Corpus desk

Index EN-neighborhood · neighborhood · English

neighborhood · rank #3,012 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,012
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH mountains

Nearest frequency peer: mountains (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “neighborhood”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “neighborhood” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

neighborhood vs neighbourhood
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for neighborhood
PropertyValue
Headwordneighborhood
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈneɪbə.hʊd/
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,012
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “neighborhood”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).neighborhoodlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “mountains” (#3,011), “operate” (#3,013), “monthly” (#3,010). Among 1,534 “N” headwords, “neighborhood” is #3,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around neighborhood (IPA /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,012 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for neighborhood, with forms such as "enighborhood", "negihborhood", and "neigbhorhood". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "neighbourhood", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. Cognates Co… The correct English form is neighborhood, spelled N-E-I-G-H-B-O-R-H-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    The residential area near one's home.
  2. 2
    The inhabitants of a residential area.
  3. 3
    A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.
  4. 4
    An approximate amount.
  5. 5
    The quality of physical proximity.
  6. 6
    The quality of being a neighbor, of living nearby, next to each other; proximity.
  7. 7
    Close proximity; nearness.
  8. 8
    The disposition becoming a neighbor; neighborly kindness or good will.
  9. 9
    Within a topological space:
  10. 10
    Within a topological space:
  11. 11
    Within a metric space:
  12. 12
    Within a metric space:
  13. 13
    The infinitesimal open set of all points that may be reached directly from a given point.
  14. 14
    The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.
  15. 15
    The set of all the vertices adjacent to a given vertex.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how neighborhood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He lives in my neighborhood.
  2. I know the shadiest breeziest spots, hidden tables surrounded by trees that have lived longer than the neighborhoods around them. […] I simply remembered a great little park in a neighborhood where I used to teach at the elementary school up the road.

Etymology

From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. Cognates Cognate with Scots nichbourheid (“neighbourhood”). Compare also Dutch naburigheid (“neighbourhood”).

Synonyms

neighborshipvicinityproximityquarter

This word in other languages

vecindad(Español)voisinage(Français)Nachbarschaft(Deutsch)vizinhança(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enighborhood
  • negihborhood
  • neigbhorhood
  • neigghborhood
  • neighbborhood
  • neighbohrood
  • neighborhhood
  • neighborhod
  • neighborhodo
  • neighborhoodd
  • neighborohod
  • neighborrhood
  • neighbrohood
  • neighhborhood
  • neighobrhood
  • neihgborhood
  • nieghborhood
  • nneighborhood

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of neighborhood - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

enighborhood2negihborhood2neigbhorhood2neigghborhood1neighbborhood1neighbohrood2neighborhhood1neighborhod1
Edit distance from "neighborhood"

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "neighborhood"?
"neighborhood" is spelled N-E-I-G-H-B-O-R-H-O-O-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/.
What does "neighborhood" mean?
As a noun, "neighborhood" means: The residential area near one's home.
What words are commonly confused with "neighborhood"?
"neighborhood" is commonly confused with "neighbourhood". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "neighborhood"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "neighborhood" is /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "neighborhood"?
From an alteration of earlier neighborred (“neighborhood”), from Middle English neȝeburredde, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbor + -red; the term being interpreted as neighbor + -hood. For change in suffix (-red to -hood), compare brotherhood. C... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "neighborhood", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

partnership18 variantsgovernments18 variantsphotography18 variantsexpectations18 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list