dans la nature
\dɑ̃ la na.tyʁ\
The verdict
“dans la nature” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À une localisation indéterminée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-dans-la-nature · dans la nature · French
dans la nature · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dans la nature |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \dɑ̃ la na.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
dans la nature is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \dɑ̃ la na.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À une localisation indéterminée.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dans la nature, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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. The correct French form is dans la nature, spelled D-A-N-S- -L-A- -N-A-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1À une localisation indéterminée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dans la nature appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le temps avait passé, le catalogue, presque achevé, ne demandait plus que quelques ajustements pour être imprimé et envoyé dans la nature.
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.