neuroses
/n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.siːz/
"neuroses" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neuroses” is uncommon English (frequency #63,836 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,836
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of neurosis
Corpus desk
Index EN-neuroses · neuroses · English
neuroses · rank #63,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,836
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH neuroendocrine
Nearest frequency peer: neuroendocrine (-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 “neuroses”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Naman
Naman
36,172 corpus weight
- Nasrallah
Nasrallah
36,170 corpus weight
- neodymium
neodymium
36,168 corpus weight
- netherworld
netherworld
36,167 corpus weight
- neuroendocr…
neuroendocrine
36,166 corpus weight
- neuroses
neuroses
36,165 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “neuroses” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neuroses |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.siːz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “neuroses” in English
Rare enough to double-check
neuroses is uncommon English at frequency #63,836 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.siːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for neuroses, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is neuroses, spelled N-E-U-R-O-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of neurosis
- 2plural of neurose
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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