nationalité

\na.sjɔ.na.li.te\

/\na.sjɔ.na.li.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“nationalité” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,087 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#4,087
frequency rank, French
11
letters
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État d’une personne qui est membre d’une nation particulière.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

nationalité vs nationalités
92% similar
nationalité vs nationale
73% similar
nationalité vs nationaliste
83% similar

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

Key facts for nationalité
PropertyValue
Headwordnationalité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.sjɔ.na.li.te\
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,087
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nationalité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). nationalité lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for nationalité is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \na.sjɔ.na.li.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,087 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for nationalité, with forms such as "antionalité", "naitonalité", and "natinoalité". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "nationalités", "nationale", "nationaliste", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is nationalité, spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une personne qui est membre d’une nation particulière.
  2. 2
    Caractéristique d’un groupe de personnes unies par une communauté de langue, de culture ou de religion et existant en tant que nation.
  3. 3
    Groupe humain qui existe ou qui cherche à exister comme nation ; peuple d’une nation.

Synonyms

naturalité

This word in other languages

nationality(English)nacionalidad(Español)Staatsangehörigkeit(Deutsch)nacionalidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: antionalité,naitonalité,natinoalité,natioanlité,nationailté,nationalite,nationalitté,nationaliét,nationallité,nationaltié,nationlaité,nationnalité,natoinalité,nattionalité,nnationalité,ntaionalité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

antionalité2naitonalité2natinoalité2natioanlité2nationailté2nationalite1nationalitté1nationaliét2
Edit distance from "nationalité"

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

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

  • The one correct French spelling is N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \na.sjɔ.na.li.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “nationalités” - see the side-by-side comparison. nationalité vs nationalités
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list