neurotoxic
"neurotoxic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neurotoxic” is uncommon English (frequency #71,733 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,733
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a toxic effect on nerve tissue.
Corpus desk
Index EN-neurotoxic · neurotoxic · English
neurotoxic · rank #71,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,733
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH neurophysiolo…
Nearest frequency peer: neurophysiology (-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 “neurotoxic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- nicotinic
nicotinic
28,264 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “neurotoxic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neurotoxic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “neurotoxic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
neurotoxic is uncommon English at frequency #71,733 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having a toxic effect on nerve tissue.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for neurotoxic, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From neuro- + toxic. The correct English form is neurotoxic, spelled N-E-U-R-O-T-O-X-I-C.
Definition
- 1Having a toxic effect on nerve tissue.
Etymology
From neuro- + toxic.
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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