neurotypical
neu·ro·typ·i·cal/ˌnʊ.ɹoʊˈtɪ.pɪ.kəl/adjective, noun
neurotypical is an adjective meaning “Having a typical way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-E-U-R-O-T-Y-P-I-C-A-L and has 5 syllables (neu·ro·typ·i·cal), and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does neurotypical mean?
adjective
- 1
Having a typical way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information.
- 2
Not autistic; allistic.
noun
- 1
One who is neurotypical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce neurotypical?
- UK /ˌnjʊə.ɹəʊˈtɪ.pɪ.kəl/
- US /ˌnʊ.ɹoʊˈtɪ.pɪ.kəl/
Neurotypical has 5 syllables, split neu·ro·typ·i·cal in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-neurotypical.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of neurotypical
- more neurotypical comparative
- most neurotypical superlative
- neurotypicals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is neurotypical?
Neurotypical appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 abbreviate neurotypical?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of neurotypical: NT, nt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Neurotypical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having normal way of processing information:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | neurotypique |
| German | neurotypisch |
| Portuguese | neurotípico |
| Spanish | neurotípico |
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 neurotypical come from?
From neuro- + typical.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).