Which to use
“neurone” and “névrose” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,925
- “neurone” frequency rank
- #37,451
- “névrose” frequency rank
- 79376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | neurone | névrose |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Trouble psychique engendrant une souffrance mentale dont le patient est conscient, contrairement à la psychose. |
Where the eye mixes neurone and névrose
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. neurone (CVVCVCV) and névrose (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between neurone and névrose
A purely visual mix-up. neurone (\nø.ʁɔn\) and névrose (\ne.vʁoz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
neurone is recorded at frequency rank #41,925, classified as anoun, pronounced \nø.ʁɔn\. névrose is at rank #37,451, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ne.vʁoz\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 79376, this pair ranks #23,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of neurone vs névrose
Shared letters: enor. Private to "neurone": u. Private to "névrose": své.
"neurone" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "névrose" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- neurone ← enurone · neruone · neuorne · neurnoe · neuroen · neuronne · neurrone · nneurone
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "neurone" and "névrose" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "neurone" vs "névrose" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "neurone" and "névrose" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "neurone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "névrose" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,457 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "neurone" and "névrose" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nécrose vs neurone". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #23,457 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.