neocon
"neocon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neocon” is uncommon English (frequency #52,514 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,514
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A neoconservative.
Corpus desk
Index EN-neocon · neocon · English
neocon · rank #52,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,514
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH myelin
Nearest frequency peer: myelin (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “neocon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- MTC
MTC
47,494 corpus weight
- myelin
myelin
47,489 corpus weight
- neocon
neocon
47,487 corpus weight
- NEPA
NEPA
47,485 corpus weight
- niacin
niacin
47,482 corpus weight
- Nickerson
Nickerson
47,481 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “neocon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neocon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “neocon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
neocon is uncommon English at frequency #52,514 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A neoconservative.".
neocon has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of neoconservative. The correct English form is neocon, spelled N-E-O-C-O-N.
Definition
- 1A neoconservative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how neocon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I realized today that the politics of divisiveness embraced by the neocons has worked, and it has worked on me.
[The film's] message is that Iraq's fabled "weapons of mass destruction" did not exist, and that neocons within the administration fabricated them, lied about them, and were ready to kill to cover up their deception.
Etymology
Clipping of neoconservative.
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.
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