Neuilly

\nœ.ji\

/\nœ.ji\/ name

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The verdict

“Neuilly” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,847. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,847
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-neuilly · Neuilly · French

Neuilly · rank #13,847 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,847
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nazisme

Nearest frequency peer: nazisme (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Neuilly »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Neuilly » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Neuilly vs Neville
71% similar
Neuilly vs nouille
57% similar
Neuilly vs Neuville
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Neuilly
PropertyValue
HeadwordNeuilly
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\nœ.ji\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,847
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Neuilly »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Neuillyse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nazisme » (#13,846), « newton » (#13,848), « naze » (#13,845). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « Neuilly » est au #13,847. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Neuilly (IPA \nœ.ji\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #13,847 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Nièvre.
  3. 3
    Ancienne commune française, située dans le département de l’Yonne intégrée à la commune de Valravillon en janvier 2016.
  4. 4
    Forme courte de Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Neuilly appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sur des routes aux doux reliefs, vous prendrez la direction de Champlay, Neuilly et Laduz, où vous pourrez visiter un intéressant musée des Arts et Traditions populaires.
  2. On entendait incessamment sur le parc de Neuilly grêler les balles à travers les branches avec ce bruit des orages d'été que nous connaissons si bien.

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.

enuilly2neiully2neuillyy1neuily1neuilyl2neulily2nneuilly1nueilly2
Edit distance from "Neuilly"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Neuilly"?
"Neuilly" is spelled N-E-U-I-L-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \nœ.ji\.
What does "Neuilly" mean?
As a proper noun, "Neuilly" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
What words are commonly confused with "Neuilly"?
"Neuilly" is commonly confused with "Neville", "nouille", "Neuville". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Neuilly"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Neuilly" is \nœ.ji\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Neuilly" come from?
"Neuilly" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Neuilly", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nazisme#13,846motivés#13,842miroirs#13,840meunier#13,838

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

navale8 variantsmotive8 variantsminima8 variantspassive8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list