naturalisée

\na.ty.ʁa.li.ze\

/\na.ty.ʁa.li.ze\/ noun

The verdict

“naturalisée” is uncommon French (frequency #77,738 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,738
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui a été naturalisée pour obtenir la nationalité du pays de son choix.

Corpus desk

Index FR-naturalisee · naturalisée · French

naturalisée · rank #77,738 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,738
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH nantissement

Nearest frequency peer: nantissement (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « naturalisée »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « naturalisée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for naturalisée
PropertyValue
Headwordnaturalisée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\na.ty.ʁa.li.ze\
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,738
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « naturalisée » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).naturaliséetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « nantissement » (#77,737), « nazca » (#77,739), « nachos » (#77,736). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « naturalisée » est au #77,738. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

naturalisée is uncommon French at frequency #77,738 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \na.ty.ʁa.li.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui a été naturalisée pour obtenir la nationalité du pays de son choix.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for naturalisée in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is naturalisée, spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L-I-S-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui a été naturalisée pour obtenir la nationalité du pays de son choix.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Une naturalisée, cela fait peut-être une étrangère en moins, mais ça ne fera jamais une Française de plus.

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 "naturalisée"?
"naturalisée" is spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L-I-S-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \na.ty.ʁa.li.ze\.
What does "naturalisée" mean?
As a noun, "naturalisée" means: Personne qui a été naturalisée pour obtenir la nationalité du pays de son choix.
How do you pronounce "naturalisée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "naturalisée" is \na.ty.ʁa.li.ze\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "naturalisée" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list