néoprène
\ne.ɔ.pʁɛn\
The verdict
“néoprène” is uncommon French (frequency #81,396 among 86,328 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,396
- frequency rank, French
- 86,328
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Famille de caoutchouc à base de polychloroprène, polymère fabriqué à partir du monomère chloroprène (monomère diène).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | néoprène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ne.ɔ.pʁɛn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “néoprène” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
néoprène is uncommon French at frequency #81,396 among 86,328 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ne.ɔ.pʁɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Famille de caoutchouc à base de polychloroprène, polymère fabriqué à partir du monomère chloroprène (monomère diène).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for néoprène, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 French form is néoprène, spelled N-É-O-P-R-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Famille de caoutchouc à base de polychloroprène, polymère fabriqué à partir du monomère chloroprène (monomère diène).
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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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “néoprène”
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- The one correct French spelling is N-É-O-P-R-È-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.