naturelle
\na.ty.ʁɛl\
The verdict
“naturelle” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #2,235 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,235
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Féminin singulier de naturel.
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 | naturelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \na.ty.ʁɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #2,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “naturelle” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for naturelle is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \na.ty.ʁɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,235 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin singulier de naturel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for naturelle, with forms such as "anturelle", "natruelle", and "natturelle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "naturels", "naturelles", "naturel", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 naturelle, spelled N-A-T-U-R-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de naturel.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: anturelle,natruelle,natturelle,natuerlle,naturele,naturelel,naturlele,naturrelle,nautrelle,nnaturelle,ntaurelle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of naturelle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “naturelle”
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-L-E - 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 “naturels” - see the side-by-side comparison. naturelle vs naturels
- 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.