neurone
noun
neurone is spelled N-E-U-R-O-N-E: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, neurone means “Alternative spelling of neuron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of neurone is neurones.
How many letters and syllables are in neurone?
| Letters | 7: N-E-U-R-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is neurone?
Neurone appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th 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).
Words people confuse with neurone
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: neuron.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of neurone
- neurones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does neurone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKAlternative spelling of neuron.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).