taux de natalité

\to də na.ta.li.te\

/\to də na.ta.li.te\/ noun

The verdict

“taux de natalité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rapport entre le nombre de naissances et la population totale.

Key facts for taux de natalité
PropertyValue
Headwordtaux de natalité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\to də na.ta.li.te\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “taux de natalité” sits in French frequency

taux de natalité falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

taux de natalité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \to də na.ta.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rapport entre le nombre de naissances et la population totale.".

taux de natalité has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 taux de natalité, spelled T-A-U-X- -D-E- -N-A-T-A-L-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rapport entre le nombre de naissances et la population totale.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taux de natalité"?
"taux de natalité" is spelled T-A-U-X- -D-E- -N-A-T-A-L-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \to də na.ta.li.te\.
What does "taux de natalité" mean?
As a noun, "taux de natalité" means: Rapport entre le nombre de naissances et la population totale.
How do you pronounce "taux de natalité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taux de natalité" is \to də na.ta.li.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taux de natalité" come from?
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Using “taux de natalité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is T-A-U-X- -D-E- -N-A-T-A-L-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \to də na.ta.li.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list