naturel
\na.ty.ʁɛl\
The verdict
“naturel” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,602 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,602
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est relatif à la nature, à l’ensemble des êtres et des choses, à l’ordre qui les régit.
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 | naturel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \na.ty.ʁɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,602 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “naturel” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for naturel is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for naturel, with forms such as "anturel", "natruel", and "natturel". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "natures", "naturels", "naturelle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 naturel, spelled N-A-T-U-R-E-L.
Definition
- 1Qui est relatif à la nature, à l’ensemble des êtres et des choses, à l’ordre qui les régit.
- 2Ce qui est conforme aux lois de la nature, par opposition à surnaturel.
- 3Ce qui est suit le cours spontané des choses, par opposition à artificiel ou forcé.
- 4Qui est conforme à la nature particulière de chaque espèce, de chaque individu, de chaque chose.
- 5Qui est conforme au tempérament, aux penchants innés d’un individu.
- 6Qualifie les entiers positifs (plus grands que zéro).
- 7Qualifie ce que nous faisons en conséquence de nos habitudes.
- 8Qualifie les sentiments inspirés par les liens du sang, la naissance, le milieu où l’on vit.
- 9Qui a un lien de parenté biologique, sans reconnaissance institutionnelle ; le terme s’oppose à légitime et à adoptif.
- 10Qui est conforme à la raison ou à l’usage commun.
- 11Se dit, à la forme négative, d’une chose où l’on soupçonne quelque tromperie.
- 12Qui s’offre d’abord à l’esprit.
- 13Ce qui est produit par la nature seule, par opposition à ce qui a été fait par l’homme, à ce qui est artificiel.
- 14Dessiné par la configuration du sol, par opposition à un tracé résultant de conventions diplomatiques.
- 15Pur, non contrefait.
- 16Simple, qui n’est affectée ni d’un dièse, ni d’un bémol.
- 17Se dit des qualités intellectuelles ou morales qui viennent de la nature seule, qui sont innées, par opposition à ce qui est acquis, cultivé, factice.
- 18Qui est sans affectation, sans contrainte, sans effort.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anturel,natruel,natturel,natuerl,naturell,naturle,naturrel,nautrel,nnaturel,ntaurel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of naturel - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “naturel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is N-A-T-U-R-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \na.ty.ʁɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “natures” - see the side-by-side comparison. naturel vs natures
- 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.