# \neq

The ≠ symbol (Not equal to, U+2260), written as \neq in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/neq

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Negated relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/negated-relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ≠ |
| Unicode | U+2260 NOT EQUAL TO |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\neq
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

1.28% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 60 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2260 (NOT EQUAL TO).