naturalisme
\na.ty.ʁa.lism\
The verdict
“naturalisme” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #41,920 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #41,920
- frequency rank, French
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mouvement littéraire de la fin du XIXᵉ siècle visant à représenter la réalité de façon rigoureuse et quasi-scientifique, en insistant sur les déterminismes sociaux, héréditaires et psychologiques i...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | naturalisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \na.ty.ʁa.lism\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #41,920 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “naturalisme” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for naturalisme is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \na.ty.ʁa.lism\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,920 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 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 naturalisme, with forms such as "anturalisme", "natrualisme", and "natturalisme". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "naturaliste", "naturalistes", "naturalisé", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is naturalisme, spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Mouvement littéraire de la fin du XIXᵉ siècle visant à représenter la réalité de façon rigoureuse et quasi-scientifique, en insistant sur les déterminismes sociaux, héréditaires et psychologiques influençant l’individu.
- 2Doctrine selon laquelle tout phénomène s’explique par les lois de la nature, sans recours au surnaturel, considérant la réalité comme constituée uniquement de phénomènes matériels ou naturels.
- 3Tendance artistique visant à représenter fidèlement la nature ou la réalité visible, sans idéalisation, en recherchant un réalisme rigoureux des formes et des détails.
- 4Doctrine niant toute intervention divine ou surnaturelle dans le monde, considérant que la nature suffit à expliquer tous les phénomènes.
- 5Approche des sciences humaines qui part du principe que tout phénomène peut être décrit objectivement, et est donc stable et prédictible.
- 6Ontologie définie par Philippe Descola, caractérisée par l’idée que tous les êtres partagent la même physicalité mais diffèrent quant à leur intériorité, établissant une distinction marquée entre nature (objet) et culture (sujet).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anturalisme,natrualisme,natturalisme,natuarlisme,naturailsme,naturalimse,naturalisem,naturalismme,naturalissme,naturallisme,naturalsime,naturlaisme,naturralisme,nautralisme,nnaturalisme,ntauralisme
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of naturalisme - 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 “naturalisme”
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-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \na.ty.ʁa.lism\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “naturaliste” - see the side-by-side comparison. naturalisme vs naturaliste
- 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.