natürlich

/[naˈtyːɐ̯lɪç]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#222

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

natürlich is anGermanadj. It means: sich auf die Natur beziehend, naturgemäß, in der Natur vorkommend Pronounced [naˈtyːɐ̯lɪç]. It ranks #222 in German word frequency. Often confused with natürliche and natürlichen.

Key facts for natürlich
PropertyValue
Headwordnatürlich
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[naˈtyːɐ̯lɪç]
Letters9
Frequency rank#222
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of natürlich in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for natürlich is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [naˈtyːɐ̯lɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #222 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for natürlich, with forms such as "antürlich", "natrülich", and "nattürlich". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "natürliche", "natürlichen", "natürlicher", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is natürlich, spelled N-A-T-Ü-R-L-I-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich auf die Natur beziehend, naturgemäß, in der Natur vorkommend
  2. 2
    nicht entfremdet, der Natur von etwas entsprechend, sich auf diese beziehend
  3. 3
    dem Gesetz der Natur entsprechend
  4. 4
    selbstverständlich, klar
  5. 5
    einfach, ungezwungen
  6. 6
    unehelich

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: antürlich,natrülich,nattürlich,natülrich,natürilch,natürlcih,natürlicch,natürlichh,natürlihc,natürllich,natürrlich,naütrlich,nnatürlich,ntaürlich

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for natürlich

Misspelling Variants of "natürlich"

antürlich9natrülich9nattürlich10natülrich9natürilch9natürlcih9natürlicch10natürlichh10
Misspelling Variants of "natürlich"

Frequency rank: #222 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "natürlich"?
"natürlich" is spelled N-A-T-Ü-R-L-I-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [naˈtyːɐ̯lɪç].
What does "natürlich" mean?
As an adj, "natürlich" means: sich auf die Natur beziehend, naturgemäß, in der Natur vorkommend
What words are commonly confused with "natürlich"?
"natürlich" is commonly confused with "natürliche", "natürlichen", "natürlicher". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "natürlich"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "natürlich" is [naˈtyːɐ̯lɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "natürlich" come from?
"natürlich" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.