neotropical
"neotropical" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neotropical” is uncommon English (frequency #80,701 among 24,391 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,701
- frequency rank, English
- 24,391
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Occurring in tropical America, i.e. the tropics of the New World.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neotropical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #80,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neotropical” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
neotropical is uncommon English at frequency #80,701 among 24,391 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Occurring in tropical America, i.e. the tropics of the New World.".
No misspelling variants are generated for neotropical in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From neo- + tropical. The correct English form is neotropical, spelled N-E-O-T-R-O-P-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Occurring in tropical America, i.e. the tropics of the New World.
Etymology
From neo- + tropical.
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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Using “neotropical”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-E-O-T-R-O-P-I-C-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.