neurosis
neu·ro·sis/n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/noun
neurosis is spelled N-E-U-R-O-S-I-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables (neu·ro·sis). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, neurosis means “A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear differing from normal measures by its intensity, and resulting from a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of neurosis is neuroses.
How many letters and syllables are in neurosis?
| Letters | 8: N-E-U-R-O-S-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: neu·ro·sis |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is neurosis?
Neurosis appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th 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).
How do you pronounce neurosis?
- UK /n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.sɪs/
- US /n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/
- Australia /n(j)ʊˈɹəʉ̯.sɪs/
Neurosis has 3 syllables, split neu·ro·sis in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-neurosis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with neurosis?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as neurosis from its last stressed vowel (/oʊsɪs/):
- prognosis
- sclerosis
- psychosis
- fibrosis
- apoptosis
- necrosis
- thrombosis
- stenosis
- osmosis
- symbiosis
- scoliosis
- mitosis
Spelled with the same letters in another order: resinous.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of neurosis
- neuroses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does neurosis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedA mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear differing from normal measures by its intensity, and resulting from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Neurosis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mental disorder:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does neurosis come from?
From neuro- + -sis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).