Which to use
“naturel” and “naturelle” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,602
- “naturel” frequency rank
- #2,235
- “naturelle” frequency rank
- 3837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | naturel | naturelle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est relatif à la nature, à l’ensemble des êtres et des choses, à l’ordre qui les régit. | Féminin singulier de naturel. |
Same sound, different letters: naturel vs naturelle
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. naturel runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against naturelle's 9 (CVCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - naturel and naturelle
This is the hard kind. naturel and naturelle are pronounced identically (\na.ty.ʁɛl\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “naturel” sits inside “naturelle”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
naturel is recorded at frequency rank #1,602, classified as anadj, pronounced \na.ty.ʁɛl\. naturelle is at rank #2,235, tagged as anadj, pronounced \na.ty.ʁɛl\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 3837, this pair ranks #433,101 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of naturel vs naturelle
Shared letters: aelnrtu. Private to "naturel": -. Private to "naturelle": -.
"naturel" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "naturelle" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "naturel" and "naturelle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "naturel" or "naturelle" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "naturel" / "naturelle". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "naturel" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "naturelle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,101 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "naturel" and "naturelle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "natura vs naturel". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #433,101 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.