nat 20

\nat vɛ̃\

/\nat vɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“nat 20” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dans un jeu de rôle, jet d’un D20 qui atterrit sur la face 20, score maximal possible.

Key facts for nat 20
PropertyValue
Headwordnat 20
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\nat vɛ̃\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nat 20” sits in French frequency

nat 20 falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for nat 20 is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nat vɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dans un jeu de rôle, jet d’un D20 qui atterrit sur la face 20, score maximal possible.".

No misspelling variants are generated for nat 20 in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is nat 20, spelled N-A-T- -2-0, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dans un jeu de rôle, jet d’un D20 qui atterrit sur la face 20, score maximal possible.

Synonyms

20 naturel

Antonyms

nat 1

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nat 20"?
"nat 20" is spelled N-A-T- -2-0. The IPA pronunciation is \nat vɛ̃\.
What does "nat 20" mean?
As a noun, "nat 20" means: Dans un jeu de rôle, jet d’un D20 qui atterrit sur la face 20, score maximal possible.
How do you pronounce "nat 20"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nat 20" is \nat vɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nat 20" come from?
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Using “nat 20”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is N-A-T- -2-0 - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \nat vɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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