neuroimaging
/ˌnjʊəɹəʊˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/
"neuroimaging" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neuroimaging” is uncommon English (frequency #53,728 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,728
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-neuroimaging · neuroimaging · English
neuroimaging · rank #53,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,728
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nessa
Nearest frequency peer: Nessa (-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 “neuroimaging”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- nebulae
nebulae
46,276 corpus weight
- neigh
neigh
46,275 corpus weight
- Nessa
Nessa
46,274 corpus weight
- neuroimaging
neuroimaging
46,273 corpus weight
- Nicodemus
Nicodemus
46,271 corpus weight
- Nikko
Nikko
46,270 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “neuroimaging” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neuroimaging |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌnjʊəɹəʊˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #53,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “neuroimaging” in English
Rare enough to double-check
neuroimaging is uncommon English at frequency #53,728 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌnjʊəɹəʊˈɪmɪdʒɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity.".
neuroimaging doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From neuro- + imaging. The correct English form is neuroimaging, spelled N-E-U-R-O-I-M-A-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The generation of images showing activity in the nervous system, usually and especially brain activity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how neuroimaging appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Adrian Raine [...] recently carried out a neuroimaging experiment that supports the idea that violence arises from an imbalance between impulses from the limbic system and self-control from the frontal lobes.
Etymology
From neuro- + imaging.
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); 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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