neural
\nø.ʁal\
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
- Nase
Nase
37,534 corpus weight
- nationalisée
nationalisée
37,533 corpus weight
- Naxos
Naxos
37,532 corpus weight
- Netherlands
Netherlands
37,531 corpus weight
- neural
neural
37,530 corpus weight
- nominaux
nominaux
37,527 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « neural » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neural |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \nø.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « neural » en français
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
- 1Relatif aux nerfs et au système nerveux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how neural appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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