nationale

\na.sjɔ.nal\

/\na.sjɔ.nal\/ noun

The verdict

“nationale” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #510. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#510
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme membre d’une nation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-nationale · nationale · French

nationale · rank #510 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #510
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH millions

Nearest frequency peer: millions (-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 « nationale »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « nationale » 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).

nationale vs nationaux
78% similar
nationale vs nazionale
89% similar
nationale vs nationales
90% similar

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

Key facts for nationale
PropertyValue
Headwordnationale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.sjɔ.nal\
Letters9
Frequency rank#510
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « nationale »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.nationalese 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 « millions » (#509), « nombreux » (#511), « juillet » (#508). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « nationale » est au #510. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around nationale (IPA \na.sjɔ.nal\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #510 among 1,563 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for nationale, with forms such as "antionale", "naitonale", and "natinoale". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "nationaux", "nazionale", "nationales", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 nationale, spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme membre d’une nation.
  2. 2
    Route nationale.
  3. 3
    La Bibliothèque Nationale, à Paris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Comme on s’en aperçoit sur une carte, la Nationale n° 7, dont j’ai dit tout à l’heure qu’elle était dans cette région la ligne frontière entre la Basse et la Haute-Provence, la Nationale n° 7 se rapproche de la mer.
  2. La Nationale 59 bis, c'est d'elle qu'il s'agit, est bonne, sans cailloux ou nids de poules, car les Ponts et Chaussées l'ont dotée d'un tapis de goudron en 1929 mettant fin à un chemin de terre, renforcé de temps en temps par des cylindrages.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • antionale
  • naitonale
  • natinoale
  • natioanle
  • nationael
  • nationalle
  • nationlae
  • nationnale
  • natoinale
  • nattionale
  • nnationale
  • ntaionale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

antionale2naitonale2natinoale2natioanle2nationael2nationalle1nationlae2nationnale1
Edit distance from "nationale"

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 "nationale"?
"nationale" is spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \na.sjɔ.nal\.
What does "nationale" mean?
As a noun, "nationale" means: Femme membre d’une nation.
What words are commonly confused with "nationale"?
"nationale" is commonly confused with "nationaux", "nazionale", "nationales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nationale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nationale" is \na.sjɔ.nal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nationale" come from?
"nationale" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list