de naissance
\də nɛ.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“de naissance” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Naturellement depuis la naissance, et non comme caractère acquis.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-naissance · de naissance · French
de naissance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | de naissance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də nɛ.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de naissance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de naissance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də nɛ.sɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Naturellement depuis la naissance, et non comme caractère acquis.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for de naissance, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 de naissance, spelled D-E- -N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Naturellement depuis la naissance, et non comme caractère acquis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de naissance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l’aspect de ces étranges physionomies, il est difficile de décider si ces mammifères à plumes se crétinisent à ce métier, ou s’ils ne font pas ce métier parce qu’ils sont un peu crétins de naissance.
Ganga fut très flatté de l’offre que lui fit Prasénajit. Il était pauvre de naissance, il s’était enrichi par le commerce, et jamais il n’avait songé qu’il pût épouser une princesse.
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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.