neurone

/\nø.ʁɔn\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,925

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

neurone is aFrenchnoun. It means: Type de cellule différenciée composant, avec les cellules gliales, le tissu nerveux. Ces cellules sont excitables et excitatrices, et elles conduisent l’influx nerveux. Le neurone possède un axone ... Pronounced \nø.ʁɔn\. Often confused with névrose and Neutron.

Key facts for neurone
PropertyValue
Headwordneurone
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nø.ʁɔn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#41,925
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of neurone in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for neurone is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nø.ʁɔn\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,925 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for neurone, with forms such as "enurone", "neruone", and "neuorne". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "névrose", "Neutron", "neurones", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is neurone, spelled N-E-U-R-O-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Type de cellule différenciée composant, avec les cellules gliales, le tissu nerveux. Ces cellules sont excitables et excitatrices, et elles conduisent l’influx nerveux. Le neurone possède un axone et des dendrites.
  2. 2
    Cerveau.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: enurone,neruone,neuorne,neurnoe,neuroen,neuronne,neurrone,nneurone,nuerone

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for neurone

Misspelling Variants of "neurone"

enurone7neruone7neuorne7neurnoe7neuroen7neuronne8neurrone8nneurone8
Misspelling Variants of "neurone"

Frequency rank: #41,925 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "neurone"?
"neurone" is spelled N-E-U-R-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nø.ʁɔn\.
What does "neurone" mean?
As a noun, "neurone" means: Type de cellule différenciée composant, avec les cellules gliales, le tissu nerveux. Ces cellules sont excitables et excitatrices, et elles conduisent l’influx nerveux. Le neurone possède un axone ...
What words are commonly confused with "neurone"?
"neurone" is commonly confused with "névrose", "Neutron", "neurones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "neurone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "neurone" is \nø.ʁɔn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "neurone" come from?
"neurone" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.