Which to use
“naturelle” and “naturelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,235
- “naturelle” frequency rank
- #3,551
- “naturelles” frequency rank
- 5786
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | naturelle | naturelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de naturel. | Féminin pluriel de naturel. |
Same sound, different letters: naturelle vs naturelles
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. naturelle runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCCV) against naturelles's 10 (CVCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - naturelle and naturelles
This is the hard kind. naturelle and naturelles 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) - “naturelle” sits inside “naturelles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
naturelle is recorded at frequency rank #2,235, classified as anadj, pronounced \na.ty.ʁɛl\. naturelles is at rank #3,551, 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 5786, this pair ranks #428,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of naturelle vs naturelles
Shared letters: aelnrtu. Private to "naturelle": -. Private to "naturelles": s.
"naturelle" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "naturelles" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- naturelle ← anturelle · natruelle · natturelle · natuerlle · naturele · naturelel · naturlele · naturrelle
- naturelles ← anturelles · natruelles · natturelles · natuerlles · naturelels · natureles · naturelless · naturellse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "naturelle" for "naturelles" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "naturelle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "naturelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,076 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "naturelle" and "naturelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "naturelles 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 #428,076 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.