neurochirurgien

Name: neurochirurgien, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\nœ.ʁo.ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃\

/\nœ.ʁo.ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“neurochirurgien” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,477. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,477
frequency rank, French: 1,563
“N” headwords: 22
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chirurgien spécialisé dans les opérations du système nerveux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-neurochirurgien · neurochirurgien · French

neurochirurgien · rank #47,477 · 22 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #47,477
LEN-MEGA 15 letters
VOW-7 7 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 22 variants
BOOK-MID 1,563
PHOTO-FINISH nationalismes

Nearest frequency peer: nationalismes (-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.

Narnia

52,526
nationalism…

52,525
neurochirur…

52,524
nodules

52,523
nola

52,522
nuirait

52,521

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

Key facts for neurochirurgien
Property	Value
Headword	neurochirurgien
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\nœ.ʁo.ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃\
Letters	15
Frequency rank	#47,477
Misspellings tracked	22
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « neurochirurgien »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.neurochirurgiense place ici:

#47,477

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nationalismes » (#47,476), « nodules » (#47,478), « Narnia » (#47,475). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « neurochirurgien » est au #47,477. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around neurochirurgien (IPA \nœ.ʁo.ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,477 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chirurgien spécialisé dans les opérations du système nerveux.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for neurochirurgien, with forms such as "enurochirurgien", "neruochirurgien", and "neuorchirurgien". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is neurochirurgien, spelled N-E-U-R-O-C-H-I-R-U-R-G-I-E-N.

Definition

1
Chirurgien spécialisé dans les opérations du système nerveux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Le procès d’un neurochirurgien, poursuivi pour des opérations abusives sur 24 patients dont deux sont décédés, s’est ouvert hier à Clermont-Ferrand.
Il y a un an, j'aurais été capable de dire qui j'étais en quelques mots seulement: Martin Lemeunier, fils de Pierre - neurochirurgien - et de Nadège (…)

This word in other languages

neurosurgeon(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

enurochirurgien
neruochirurgien
neuorchirurgien
neurcohirurgien
neurocchirurgien
neurochhirurgien
neurochirrugien
neurochirrurgien
neurochirugrien
neurochirurgein
neurochirurggien
neurochirurgienn
neurochirurgine
neurochirurigen
neurochirurrgien
neurochiurrgien
neurochriurgien
neurocihrurgien
neurohcirurgien
neurrochirurgien
nneurochirurgien
nuerochirurgien

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of neurochirurgien - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "neurochirurgien"

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 "neurochirurgien"?

"neurochirurgien" is spelled N-E-U-R-O-C-H-I-R-U-R-G-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \nœ.ʁo.ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃\.

What does "neurochirurgien" mean?

As a noun, "neurochirurgien" means: Chirurgien spécialisé dans les opérations du système nerveux.

What are common misspellings of "neurochirurgien"?

Common misspellings include "enurochirurgien", "neruochirurgien", "neuorchirurgien", "neurcohirurgien", "neurocchirurgien". The correct spelling is "neurochirurgien".

How do you pronounce "neurochirurgien"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "neurochirurgien" is \nœ.ʁo.ʃi.ʁyʁ.ʒjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "neurochirurgien" come from?

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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