natural law
"natural-law" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“natural law” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | natural law |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “natural law” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
natural law is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for natural law in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is natural law, spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L- -L-A-W.
Definition
- 1The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles.
- 2A theory describing or positing such principles.
- 3A law relating to natural phenomena.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “natural law”
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- The one correct English spelling is N-A-T-U-R-A-L- -L-A-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.