# native

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈneɪtɪv/ · frequency rank #2,082

## Definitions
1. Belonging to one by birth.
2. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
4. Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
5. Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
6. Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
7. Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
8. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
9. Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
10. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif.

## Easily confused with
- **nave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/native-vs-nave)
- **nature** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/native-vs-nature)
- **notice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/native-vs-notice)
- **natives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/native-vs-natives)
- **negative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/native-vs-negative)
- **natively** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/native-vs-natively)
- **Nate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nate-vs-native)
- **naive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naive-vs-native)
- **nation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nation-vs-native)
- **Nadine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadine-vs-native)

## Common misspellings (8)
`antive`, `naitve`, `natiev`, `nativve`, `nattive`, `natvie`, `nnative`, `ntaive`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/native