# neighborhood

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/ · frequency rank #3,012

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

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **neighbourhood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/neighborhood-vs-neighbourhood)

## Common misspellings (18)
`enighborhood`, `negihborhood`, `neigbhorhood`, `neigghborhood`, `neighbborhood`, `neighbohrood`, `neighborhhood`, `neighborhod`, `neighborhodo`, `neighborhoodd`, `neighborohod`, `neighborrhood`, `neighbrohood`, `neighhborhood`, `neighobrhood`, `neihgborhood`, `nieghborhood`, `nneighborhood`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/neighborhood