Which to use
“naturel” and “naturels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,602
- “naturel” frequency rank
- #4,356
- “naturels” frequency rank
- 5958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | naturel | naturels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est relatif à la nature, à l’ensemble des êtres et des choses, à l’ordre qui les régit. | Masculin pluriel de naturel. |
Same sound, different letters: naturel vs naturels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. naturel runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against naturels's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: naturel vs naturels
This is the hard kind. naturel and naturels 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 1 extra letter(s) - “naturel” sits inside “naturels”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5958, 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\. naturels is at rank #4,356, 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 5958, this pair ranks #427,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of naturel vs naturels
Shared letters: aelnrtu. Private to "naturel": -. Private to "naturels": s.
"naturel" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "naturels" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "naturel" and "naturels" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "naturel" vs "naturels" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "naturel" / "naturels". 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 "naturels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #427,578 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "naturel" and "naturels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "natural vs naturels". 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 #427,578 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.