locuteur natif
\lɔ.ky.tœʁ na.tif\
The verdict
“locuteur natif” 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 May 6, 2026) - Personne qui parle la langue en question comme langue maternelle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | locuteur natif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɔ.ky.tœʁ na.tif\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “locuteur natif” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
locuteur natif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɔ.ky.tœʁ na.tif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui parle la langue en question comme langue maternelle.".
locuteur natif has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 locuteur natif, spelled L-O-C-U-T-E-U-R- -N-A-T-I-F.
Definition
- 1Personne qui parle la langue en question comme langue maternelle.
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 “locuteur natif”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-O-C-U-T-E-U-R- -N-A-T-I-F - 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.