neuropsychological
"neuropsychological" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neuropsychological” is an uncommon English word, ranked #58,233 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #58,233
- frequency rank, English
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to neuropsychology, the relation or combination of brain and mind.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neuropsychological |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #58,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neuropsychological” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for neuropsychological is 18 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #58,233 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Of or pertaining to neuropsychology, the relation or combination of brain and mind.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for neuropsychological, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From neuro- + psychological or neuropsychology + -ical. The correct English form is neuropsychological, spelled N-E-U-R-O-P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to neuropsychology, the relation or combination of brain and mind.
Etymology
From neuro- + psychological or neuropsychology + -ical.
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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Using “neuropsychological”
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- The one correct English spelling is N-E-U-R-O-P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-I-C-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.