neuralgic

adj

"neuralgic" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“neuralgic” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to or affected by neuralgia.

Corpus desk

Index EN-neuralgic · neuralgic · English

neuralgic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for neuralgic
PropertyValue
Headwordneuralgic
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “neuralgic” in English

neuralgicsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

neuralgic is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to or affected by neuralgia.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for neuralgic, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From neuralgia + -ic. The correct English form is neuralgic, spelled N-E-U-R-A-L-G-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pertaining to or affected by neuralgia.

Etymology

From neuralgia + -ic.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "neuralgic"?
"neuralgic" is spelled N-E-U-R-A-L-G-I-C.
What does "neuralgic" mean?
As an adjective, "neuralgic" means: Pertaining to or affected by neuralgia.
What is the origin of the word "neuralgic"?
From neuralgia + -ic. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list