neural

\nø.ʁal\

/\nø.ʁal\/ adj

The verdict

“neural” is uncommon French (frequency #62,471 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,471
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux nerfs et au système nerveux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-neural · neural · French

neural · rank #62,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,471
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Netherlands

Nearest frequency peer: Netherlands (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « neural »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « neural » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for neural
PropertyValue
Headwordneural
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\nø.ʁal\
Letters6
Frequency rank#62,471
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « neural » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).neuraltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Netherlands » (#62,470), « Naxos » (#62,469), « nationalisée » (#62,468). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « neural » est au #62,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

neural is uncommon French at frequency #62,471 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \nø.ʁal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux nerfs et au système nerveux.".

Zero misspellings are on record for neural in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 neural, spelled N-E-U-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux nerfs et au système nerveux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Des processus neuraux.

This word in other languages

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 "neural"?
"neural" is spelled N-E-U-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \nø.ʁal\.
What does "neural" mean?
As an adjective, "neural" means: Relatif aux nerfs et au système nerveux.
How do you pronounce "neural"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "neural" is \nø.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "neural" come from?
"neural" 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 "neural", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list