neurose

Name: neurose, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

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

The verdict

“neurose” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #39,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,761
frequency rank, Portuguese: 360
“N” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desordem do sistema nervoso sem causa aparente (acepção original cunhada por William Cullen)

Corpus desk

Index PT-neurose · neurose · Portuguese

neurose · rank #39,761 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #39,761
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 360
PHOTO-FINISH nevar

Nearest frequency peer: nevar (+2 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.

moagem

60,252
moderar

60,251
neurose

60,240
nevar

60,238
paiol

60,224
pança

60,222

What this shows “neurose” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

neurose vs necrose

86% similar

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

Key facts for neurose
Property	Value
Headword	neurose
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#39,761
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “neurose”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.neurosecai aqui:

#39,761

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “nevar” (#39,763), “moderar” (#39,750), “moagem” (#39,749). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “neurose” fica em #39,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around neurose, anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,761 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for neurose, with forms such as "enurose", "neruose", and "neuorse". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "necrose", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is neurose, spelled N-E-U-R-O-S-E.

Definition

1
desordem do sistema nervoso sem causa aparente (acepção original cunhada por William Cullen)
2
perturbação de alguns órgãos cuja origem é emocional
3
desordem de origem psicológica que, embora cause tensão, não interfere com o pensamento racional ou com a capacidade funcional da pessoa
4
alteração patológica de origem psicológica cuja origem é, supostamente, a infância

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

Quem está em São Paulo não percebe a neurose em que vive.

This word in other languages

neurosis(English)neurosis(Español)névrose(Français)Neurose(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

enurose
neruose
neuorse
neuroes
neurosse
neurrose
neursoe
nneurose
nuerose

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of neurose - 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 "neurose"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "neurose"?

"neurose" is spelled N-E-U-R-O-S-E.

What does "neurose" mean?

As a noun, "neurose" means: desordem do sistema nervoso sem causa aparente (acepção original cunhada por William Cullen)

What words are commonly confused with "neurose"?

"neurose" is commonly confused with "necrose". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "neurose" come from?

"neurose" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

moderar#39,750 picanha#39,798 Spanish#39,874 festejo#39,622

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

frisar9 variants embolia9 variants coveiro9 variants chacal9 variants