névrose

\ne.vʁoz\

/\ne.vʁoz\/ noun

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The verdict

“névrose” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,451
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trouble psychique engendrant une souffrance mentale dont le patient est conscient, contrairement à la psychose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nevrose · névrose · French

névrose · rank #37,451 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,451
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nymphes

Nearest frequency peer: nymphes (-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 « névrose »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « névrose » 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).

névrose vs négros
71% similar
névrose vs neurone
57% similar
névrose vs nécrose
86% similar

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

Key facts for névrose
PropertyValue
Headwordnévrose
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ne.vʁoz\
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,451
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « névrose »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « nymphes » (#37,450), « océaniques » (#37,452), « nutritifs » (#37,449). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « névrose » est au #37,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around névrose (IPA \ne.vʁoz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,451 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Trouble psychique engendrant une souffrance mentale dont le patient est conscient, contrairement à la psychose.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for névrose, with forms such as "nevrose", "nnévrose", and "nvérose". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "négros", "neurone", "nécrose", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is névrose, spelled N-É-V-R-O-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trouble psychique engendrant une souffrance mentale dont le patient est conscient, contrairement à la psychose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les névroses de sa mère s’étaient changées chez elle en une phtisie lente qui l’avait peu à peu consumée.
  2. […] ; mais si cette névrose ne se manifeste qu’au souvenir de ce qui peut l’avoir procurée, comme le passage d’un pont qui s’est écroulé, un plancher de wagon effondré, etc., il est évident que le vendeur évitera de conduire l’épileptique près de ces objets.

Synonyms

névropathie

This word in other languages

neurosis(English)Neurose(Deutsch)neurose(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nevrose
  • nnévrose
  • nvérose
  • nérvose
  • névorse
  • névroes
  • névrosse
  • névrrose
  • névrsoe
  • névvrose
  • énvrose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of névrose - 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.

nevrose1nnévrose1nvérose2nérvose2névorse2névroes2névrosse1névrrose1
Edit distance from "névrose"

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 "névrose"?
"névrose" is spelled N-É-V-R-O-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ne.vʁoz\.
What does "névrose" mean?
As a noun, "névrose" means: Trouble psychique engendrant une souffrance mentale dont le patient est conscient, contrairement à la psychose.
What words are commonly confused with "névrose"?
"névrose" is commonly confused with "négros", "neurone", "nécrose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "névrose"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "névrose" is \ne.vʁoz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "névrose" come from?
"névrose" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

nymphes#37,450officer#37,453onction#37,455onglets#37,456

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

mozzarella11 variantsmourante11 variantsperçant11 variantspointait11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list