neurophysiology
"neurophysiology" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neurophysiology” is uncommon English (frequency #71,732 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,732
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system.
Corpus desk
Index EN-neurophysiology · neurophysiology · English
neurophysiology · rank #71,732 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,732
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH needling
Nearest frequency peer: needling (-1 rank slots)
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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.
Long-tail ranks near “neurophysiology”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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Nazarbayev
28,273 corpus weight
- nearness
nearness
28,272 corpus weight
- needling
needling
28,270 corpus weight
- neurophysio…
neurophysiology
28,269 corpus weight
- neurotoxic
neurotoxic
28,268 corpus weight
- Nevers
Nevers
28,267 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “neurophysiology” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neurophysiology |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #71,732 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “neurophysiology” in English
Rare enough to double-check
neurophysiology is uncommon English at frequency #71,732 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system.".
No misspelling variants are generated for neurophysiology in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From neuro- + physiology. The correct English form is neurophysiology, spelled N-E-U-R-O-P-H-Y-S-I-O-L-O-G-Y.
Definition
- 1The branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how neurophysiology appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This relationship between language and sexuality, oral and genital, has been elaborated in recent research in neurophysiology.
Etymology
From neuro- + physiology.
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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