Neuilly
\nœ.ji\
The verdict
“Neuilly” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,847 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #13,847
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Neuilly |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \nœ.ji\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Neuilly” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Neuilly is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nœ.ji\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,847 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Neuilly, with forms such as "enuilly", "neiully", and "neuillyy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Neville", "nouille", "Neuville", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Neuilly, spelled N-E-U-I-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de la Nièvre.
- 3Ancienne commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne intégrée à la commune de Valravillon en janvier 2016.
- 4Forme courte de Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enuilly,neiully,neuillyy,neuily,neuilyl,neulily,nneuilly,nueilly
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Neuilly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Neuilly”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-E-U-I-L-L-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \nœ.ji\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Neville” - see the side-by-side comparison. Neuilly vs Neville
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.