neural
/ˈnʊɹəl/adjective
neural is spelled N-E-U-R-A-L: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, neural means “Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in neural?
| Letters | 6: N-E-U-R-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.8 times per million words; the 10,196th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is neural?
Neural appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce neural?
- US /ˈnʊɹəl/
- US /ˈnɝəl/
- UK /ˈnjʊəɹəl/
Neural has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-neural.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with neural?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as neural from its last stressed vowel (/ʊɹəl/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: unreal.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does neural mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, or relating to the nerves, neurons or the nervous system.
neural connections
- 2
Modelled on the arrangement of neurons in the brain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Neural in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to the nerves:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does neural come from?
From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “a sinew, nerve”) + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).