notarial

\nɔ.ta.ʁjal\

/\nɔ.ta.ʁjal\/ adj

The verdict

“notarial” is uncommon French (frequency #81,391 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,391
frequency rank, French
1,563
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la fonction de notaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-notarial · notarial · French

notarial · rank #81,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,391
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,563
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nikko

Nearest frequency peer: Nikko (-3 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « notarial »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « notarial » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for notarial
PropertyValue
Headwordnotarial
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\nɔ.ta.ʁjal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,391
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « notarial » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.notarialtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Nikko » (#81,388), « Nikkei » (#81,387), « nénette » (#81,395). Parmi 1,563 lemmes en « N », « notarial » est au #81,391. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

notarial is uncommon French at frequency #81,391 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \nɔ.ta.ʁjal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la fonction de notaire.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for notarial, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is notarial, spelled N-O-T-A-R-I-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la fonction de notaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how notarial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il n'en demeure pas moins que la substitution des archives judiciaires aux archives notariales amène un changement de tonalité dans l'éclairage : à une vision « lisse » se substitue une vision « rugueuse » des relations sociales.
  2. La compulsion des minutiers notariaux nous apporte donc d'utiles renseignements sur la répartition géographique des terres libres, et permet de mesurer, même de façon très approximative, l'importance des survivances allodiales dans le Bordelais d'Ancien Régime.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "notarial"?
"notarial" is spelled N-O-T-A-R-I-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \nɔ.ta.ʁjal\.
What does "notarial" mean?
As an adjective, "notarial" means: Relatif à la fonction de notaire.
How do you pronounce "notarial"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "notarial" is \nɔ.ta.ʁjal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "notarial" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "notarial", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list