Neogene
"neogene" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Neogene” is uncommon English (frequency #89,673 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,673
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene epochs from about 26 million years ago to the present.
Corpus desk
Index EN-neogene · Neogene · English
Neogene · rank #89,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,673
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nemeth
Nearest frequency peer: Nemeth (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Neogene”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nain
nain
10,336 corpus weight
- Nemeth
Nemeth
10,329 corpus weight
- Neogene
Neogene
10,328 corpus weight
- neurotrophic
neurotrophic
10,324 corpus weight
- Ngan
Ngan
10,323 corpus weight
- nias
nias
10,322 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Neogene” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Neogene |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Neogene” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Neogene is uncommon English at frequency #89,673 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene epochs from about 26 million years ago to the present.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Neogene, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From neo- + -gene. From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + γενεά (geneá, “generation”). Compare Ancient Greek νεογενής (neogenḗs). The correct English form is Neogene, spelled N-E-O-G-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Of a geologic period within the Cenozoic era; comprises the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene epochs from about 26 million years ago to the present.
Etymology
From neo- + -gene. From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + γενεά (geneá, “generation”). Compare Ancient Greek νεογενής (neogenḗs).
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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