Transneutral vs Neutrois
Neutrois is a specific neutral gender; transneutral is the wider trans category for anyone whose gender or transition is neutral, unaligned, and covers neutro
The short version
Neutrois names a particular gender: a setting of zero, not male and not female and not both at once, closer to a blank than a mix. It's an old word by internet standards, coined in the mid-1990s, and it usually describes a gender people hold, sometimes alongside wanting a body that reads as neutral too.
Transneutral is broader. It covers any trans person whose gender is neutral, abinary or unaligned, and it also gets used to describe a transition — medical or social steps that head towards neutral rather than towards masculine or feminine — separately from whatever gender the person actually holds. So a neutrois person who is transitioning is transneutral in both senses; someone could also be transneutral in the transition sense while calling their gender something other than neutrois.
How to tell them apart
Which one is more likely
More likely Transneutral if…
- You want a word that names the direction of a transition — steps that aren't masculinising or feminising — without necessarily naming a fixed gender underneath.
- You're trans and your gender is unaligned or abinary, but neutrois specifically doesn't feel like an exact fit.
- You want the MtN/FtN shorthand that comes with transneutral to describe where you started and where you're headed.
More likely Neutrois if…
- "Zero" or "blank" describes your gender better than "a mix" or "both" would.
- You want a word with real depth of lived writing behind it — Neutrois Nonsense and similar blogs — rather than a newer or more general term.
- You're less interested in the transition itself and more interested in naming the gender you hold, regardless of what steps you have or haven't taken.
- Both point away from masculine and feminine altogether, rather than combining them — that's what separates them from androgyne or bigender.
- Someone can honestly use both words at once: neutrois as the gender, transneutral as the umbrella category that gender sits inside, given they're also trans.
Five questions to tell them apart
The compare tool asks the five statements that separate Transneutral from Neutrois most, and scores them on your device.
What people get wrong
Questions people ask
Is every neutrois person transneutral?
Only if they're also trans and identify that way — neutrois names the gender, transneutral adds the trans framing and sometimes describes the transition itself. Plenty of neutrois people use both words; some use only neutrois.
Does transneutral mean you're not on hormones or haven't had surgery?
No. It describes the direction, not the amount. Someone can be fully transitioned towards a neutral presentation and still be transneutral, just as someone can use the word with no medical steps taken at all.
Read both in full
Trans, and heading for neutral: away from the gender you were assigned, not towards the other one. The dial goes to zero, not across.
NeutroisA neutral gender — not a man, not a woman, and not a mix of the two. For many people it comes with wanting a body that gives nothing away.
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Not sure which is yours?
Twenty questions across six dimensions, about four minutes, then a ranked shortlist rather than a verdict. Scoring runs on your device; nothing you answer leaves it.
This compares two descriptions, not two people. It is not a clinical instrument, not a diagnosis, and not evidence of anything about anyone.