Natal
\na.tal\
The verdict
“Natal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,363. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,363
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville brésilienne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-natal · Natal · French
Natal · rank #10,363 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,363
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH Namur
Nearest frequency peer: Namur (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Natal »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- motivations
motivations
89,641 corpus weight
- mœurs
mœurs
89,640 corpus weight
- Namur
Namur
89,639 corpus weight
- Natal
Natal
89,638 corpus weight
- noces
noces
89,637 corpus weight
- normand
normand
89,636 corpus weight
What this shows « Natal » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Natal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \na.tal\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Natal »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Natal (IPA \na.tal\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #10,363 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Natal, with forms such as "antal", "naatl", and "natall". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nota", "natif", "Népal", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Natal, spelled N-A-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Ville brésilienne.
- 2Ancienne province d’Afrique du Sud.
- 3Ancienne colonie britannique (1843-1910).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Natal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mermoz allait dans son bureau contempler la carte. Il faisait et refaisait les calculs. Oui, selon la direction et la force des vents, il mettrait de vingt à vingt-quatre heures pour aller de Dakar à Natal en avion.
Il y a bien plusieurs “Natal” qui se côtoient, s’aiment ou se détestent, réunis en fin de compte dans l’adversité. Cette petite province de 91 481km2, peuplée de dix millions d’habitants, tourne le dos au reste du pays pour mieux regarder vers la mer des Indes et se flatter d’être tout à la fois, ou plutôt consécutivement, zoulou, indienne et anglaise.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- antal
- naatl
- natall
- natla
- nattal
- nnatal
- ntaal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Natal - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).