néocortex
\ne.o.kɔʁ.tɛks\
The verdict
“néocortex” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partie externe du cortex du cerveau des mammifères.
Corpus desk
Index FR-neocortex · néocortex · French
néocortex · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | néocortex |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ne.o.kɔʁ.tɛks\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
néocortex is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ne.o.kɔʁ.tɛks\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partie externe du cortex du cerveau des mammifères.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for néocortex, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is néocortex, spelled N-É-O-C-O-R-T-E-X.
Definition
- 1Partie externe du cortex du cerveau des mammifères.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how néocortex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] par l’activité des régions les plus récentes et les plus complexes de notre cerveau que sont les régions du néocortex. — (Lionel Naccache, Le Nouvel Inconscient : Freud, le Christophe Colomb des neurosciences, Odile Jacob, 2009, page 53)
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.