naturalisation
\na.ty.ʁa.li.za.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“naturalisation” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #23,955 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,955
- frequency rank, French
- 14
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acquisition de la nationalité d’un pays par une personne étrangère, sur décision de l’autorité compétente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | naturalisation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \na.ty.ʁa.li.za.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #23,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “naturalisation” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for naturalisation is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \na.ty.ʁa.li.za.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,955 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for naturalisation, with forms such as "anturalisation", "natrualisation", and "natturalisation". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 naturalisation, spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Acquisition de la nationalité d’un pays par une personne étrangère, sur décision de l’autorité compétente.
- 2Processus par lequel une espèce non indigène s’établit durablement dans un écosystème sans intervention humaine.
- 3Traitement d’un animal mort (par empaillage) visant à lui redonner l’apparence du vivant, généralement à des fins de présentation.
- 4Procédé discursif ou idéologique consistant à présenter comme naturel un phénomène en réalité socialement ou historiquement construit.
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anturalisation,natrualisation,natturalisation,natuarlisation,naturailsation,naturaliastion,naturalisaiton,naturalisatino,naturalisationn,naturalisatoin,naturalisattion,naturalissation,naturalistaion,naturallisation,naturalsiation,naturlaisation,naturralisation,nautralisation,nnaturalisation,ntauralisation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of naturalisation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “naturalisation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-A-T-U-R-A-L-I-S-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \na.ty.ʁa.li.za.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.