névrotique

\ne.vʁɔ.tik\

/\ne.vʁɔ.tik\/ adj

The verdict

“névrotique” is uncommon French (frequency #77,753 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,753
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui relève de la névrose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nevrotique · névrotique · French

névrotique · rank #77,753 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,753
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nye

Nearest frequency peer: nye (-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 « névrotique »

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 « névrotique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for névrotique
PropertyValue
Headwordnévrotique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ne.vʁɔ.tik\
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,753
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « névrotique » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).névrotiquetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « nye » (#77,752), « Ockham » (#77,755), « novella » (#77,750). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « névrotique » est au #77,753. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

névrotique is uncommon French at frequency #77,753 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ne.vʁɔ.tik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui relève de la névrose.".

névrotique has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is névrotique, spelled N-É-V-R-O-T-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui relève de la névrose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les troubles névrotiques sont imprégnés d’une tonalité dépressive qui domine le tableau clinique.
  2. Nous ferons ensuite apparaître des analogies étonnantes entre le fonctionnement névrotique et la « personnalité moderne », ainsi qu’entre le fonctionnement limite et la « personnalité contemporaine ».

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 "névrotique"?
"névrotique" is spelled N-É-V-R-O-T-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ne.vʁɔ.tik\.
What does "névrotique" mean?
As an adjective, "névrotique" means: Qui relève de la névrose.
How do you pronounce "névrotique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "névrotique" is \ne.vʁɔ.tik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list