natif

\na.tif\

/\na.tif\/ adj

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The verdict

“natif” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,751. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,751
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie des personnes, en parlant de la ville, du lieu où elles ont pris naissance, et suppose ordinairement l’établissement fixe des parents, l’éducation, etc. ; à la différence de né qui peut su...

Corpus desk

Index FR-natif · natif · French

natif · rank #10,751 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,751
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH métaphore

Nearest frequency peer: métaphore (-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 « natif »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « natif » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

natif vs nazi
60% similar
natif vs nazis
60% similar
natif vs nazie
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for natif
PropertyValue
Headwordnatif
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\na.tif\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,751
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « natif »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.natifse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « métaphore » (#10,750), « Neil » (#10,752), « Mélanie » (#10,749). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « natif » est au #10,751. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around natif (IPA \na.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,751 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for natif, with forms such as "antif", "naitf", and "natfi". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nazi", "nazis", "nazie", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is natif, spelled N-A-T-I-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie des personnes, en parlant de la ville, du lieu où elles ont pris naissance, et suppose ordinairement l’établissement fixe des parents, l’éducation, etc. ; à la différence de né qui peut supposer seulement la naissance accidentelle.
  2. 2
    Se dit du métal qui se trouve dans la terre sous la forme métallique, sans être minéralisé par sa combinaison avec d’autres substances.
  3. 3
    À l’état originel.
  4. 4
    Qui est naturel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how natif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais trop d'Auvergne, c'est comme trop de potée de la même origine ou trop de patranque qu'on appelle aussi aligot, c'est de l’étouffe-chrétien pour ceux qui ne sont pas nés natifs du Cantal et des départements limitrophes.
  2. Il est natif de Paris, de Lyon. - Elle est native de Rouen.

This word in other languages

native(English)nativo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • antif
  • naitf
  • natfi
  • natiff
  • nattif
  • nnatif
  • ntaif

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of natif - 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.

antif2naitf2natfi2natiff1nattif1nnatif1ntaif2
Edit distance from "natif"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "natif"?
"natif" is spelled N-A-T-I-F. The IPA pronunciation is \na.tif\.
What does "natif" mean?
As an adjective, "natif" means: Qualifie des personnes, en parlant de la ville, du lieu où elles ont pris naissance, et suppose ordinairement l’établissement fixe des parents, l’éducation, etc. ; à la différence de né qui peut su...
What words are commonly confused with "natif"?
"natif" is commonly confused with "nazi", "nazis", "nazie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "natif"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "natif" is \na.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "natif" come from?
"natif" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "natif", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

néant#10,754Moore#10,746Meuse#10,742mater#10,740

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

river7 variantsHarris7 variantsstate7 variantsdures7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list