neuralgia
"neuralgia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neuralgia” is uncommon English (frequency #66,868 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,868
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
Corpus desk
Index EN-neuralgia · neuralgia · English
neuralgia · rank #66,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,868
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH needlepoint
Nearest frequency peer: needlepoint (-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 “neuralgia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- NDE
NDE
33,137 corpus weight
- needlepoint
needlepoint
33,134 corpus weight
- neuralgia
neuralgia
33,133 corpus weight
- nipper
nipper
33,128 corpus weight
- nitrile
nitrile
33,127 corpus weight
- NKJV
NKJV
33,126 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “neuralgia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neuralgia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “neuralgia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
neuralgia is uncommon English at frequency #66,868 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for neuralgia, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia. The correct English form is neuralgia, spelled N-E-U-R-A-L-G-I-A.
Definition
- 1An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
- 2Acute emotional distress.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how neuralgia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A century later, the UK’s post-Brexit dispute with Brussels about Northern Ireland’s trading arrangements with the EU has stirred the same neuralgia.
Ukrainian strikes on legitimate military targets far in the Russian rear continue to be points of neuralgia for the Russian milblogger community.
Etymology
From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia.
Synonyms
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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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