notarial
\nɔ.ta.ʁjal\
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
- neuropathie
neuropathie
18,616 corpus weight
- Nikkei
Nikkei
18,614 corpus weight
- Nikko
Nikko
18,613 corpus weight
- notarial
notarial
18,610 corpus weight
- nénette
nénette
18,606 corpus weight
- néoprène
néoprène
18,605 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « notarial » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | notarial |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \nɔ.ta.ʁjal\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « notarial » en français
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
- 1Relatif à la fonction de notaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how notarial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.
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