enfant naturel
\ɑ̃.fɑ̃ na.ty.ʁɛl\
The verdict
“enfant naturel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Enfant né hors du mariage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-enfant-naturel · enfant naturel · French
enfant naturel · 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 "E" 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 | enfant naturel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɑ̃.fɑ̃ na.ty.ʁɛl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
enfant naturel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɑ̃.fɑ̃ na.ty.ʁɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enfant né hors du mariage.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enfant naturel, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is enfant naturel, spelled E-N-F-A-N-T- -N-A-T-U-R-E-L.
Definition
- 1Enfant né hors du mariage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enfant naturel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il fallait se garder d'avoir affaire à lui, disaient-ils, parce qu'il était convaincu d'appartenir à la secte des illuminati. C'était un disciple de l’athée Weisshaupt, en politique un vrai jacobin, et de plus il traînait après lui un tas d’enfants naturels.
Grégoire de Tours nous montre dans ses récits que les enfants naturels du Roi ont le même droit que les enfants légitimes; la succession de ces souverains se partage entre eux sans tenir compte spécialement de la légitimité de la naissance.
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.