nombre naturel
\nɔ̃bʁ na.ty.ʁɛl\
The verdict
“nombre naturel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entier naturel, soit entier relatif strictement positif : 1, 2, 3, …
Corpus desk
Index FR-nombre-naturel · nombre naturel · French
nombre naturel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nombre naturel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \nɔ̃bʁ na.ty.ʁɛl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « nombre naturel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
nombre naturel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \nɔ̃bʁ na.ty.ʁɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nombre naturel, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is nombre naturel, spelled N-O-M-B-R-E- -N-A-T-U-R-E-L.
Definition
- 1Entier naturel, soit entier relatif strictement positif : 1, 2, 3, …
- 2Entier naturel, soit entier relatif supérieur ou égal à zéro : 0, 1, 2, 3, …
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nombre naturel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contentons-nous d’exposer les formules pour sommer, 1º. la suite des nombres naturels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 &c. ; 2º. celles des nombres triangulaires qu’on en déduit, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36, 45 ; 3º. celle des quarrés des nombres naturels 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81 ; 4º. celle des cubes 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512, 729 des termes de la…
Il ne s’agit point ici de nous appesantir sur la démonstration de ces principes ; elle dériverait facilement de la composition générale des progressions : nous nous bornerons à faire remarquer que ces déductions se vérifiant presque d’évidence, dans le cas où la progression arithmétique se compose des nombres naturels 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc., elles devr…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.