naturel

/\na.ty.ʁɛl\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,602

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

naturel is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est relatif à la nature, à l’ensemble des êtres et des choses, à l’ordre qui les régit. Pronounced \na.ty.ʁɛl\. It ranks #1,602 in French word frequency. Often confused with natures and naturels.

Key facts for naturel
PropertyValue
Headwordnaturel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\na.ty.ʁɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,602
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of naturel in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for naturel is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \na.ty.ʁɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,602 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 18 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for naturel, with forms such as "anturel", "natruel", and "natturel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "natures", "naturels", "naturelle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is naturel, spelled N-A-T-U-R-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est relatif à la nature, à l’ensemble des êtres et des choses, à l’ordre qui les régit.
  2. 2
    Ce qui est conforme aux lois de la nature, par opposition à surnaturel.
  3. 3
    Ce qui est suit le cours spontané des choses, par opposition à artificiel ou forcé.
  4. 4
    Qui est conforme à la nature particulière de chaque espèce, de chaque individu, de chaque chose.
  5. 5
    Qui est conforme au tempérament, aux penchants innés d’un individu.
  6. 6
    Qualifie les entiers positifs (plus grands que zéro).
  7. 7
    Qualifie ce que nous faisons en conséquence de nos habitudes.
  8. 8
    Qualifie les sentiments inspirés par les liens du sang, la naissance, le milieu où l’on vit.
  9. 9
    Qui a un lien de parenté biologique, sans reconnaissance institutionnelle ; le terme s’oppose à légitime et à adoptif.
  10. 10
    Qui est conforme à la raison ou à l’usage commun.
  11. 11
    Se dit, à la forme négative, d’une chose où l’on soupçonne quelque tromperie.
  12. 12
    Qui s’offre d’abord à l’esprit.
  13. 13
    Ce qui est produit par la nature seule, par opposition à ce qui a été fait par l’homme, à ce qui est artificiel.
  14. 14
    Dessiné par la configuration du sol, par opposition à un tracé résultant de conventions diplomatiques.
  15. 15
    Pur, non contrefait.
  16. 16
    Simple, qui n’est affectée ni d’un dièse, ni d’un bémol.
  17. 17
    Se dit des qualités intellectuelles ou morales qui viennent de la nature seule, qui sont innées, par opposition à ce qui est acquis, cultivé, factice.
  18. 18
    Qui est sans affectation, sans contrainte, sans effort.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: anturel,natruel,natturel,natuerl,naturell,naturle,naturrel,nautrel,nnaturel,ntaurel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for naturel

Misspelling Variants of "naturel"

anturel7natruel7natturel8natuerl7naturell8naturle7naturrel8nautrel7
Misspelling Variants of "naturel"

Frequency rank: #1,602 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "naturel"?
"naturel" is spelled N-A-T-U-R-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \na.ty.ʁɛl\.
What does "naturel" mean?
As an adj, "naturel" means: Qui est relatif à la nature, à l’ensemble des êtres et des choses, à l’ordre qui les régit.
What words are commonly confused with "naturel"?
"naturel" is commonly confused with "natures", "naturels", "naturelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "naturel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "naturel" is \na.ty.ʁɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "naturel" come from?
"naturel" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.