Which to use
“naturelles” and “naturels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,551
- “naturelles” frequency rank
- #4,356
- “naturels” frequency rank
- 7907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | naturelles | naturels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de naturel. | Masculin pluriel de naturel. |
Same sound, different letters: naturelles vs naturels
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. naturelles runs 10 letters (CVCVCVCCVC) against naturels's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - naturelles and naturels
This is the hard kind. naturelles 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
naturelles is recorded at frequency rank #3,551, 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 7907, this pair ranks #421,759 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of naturelles vs naturels
Shared letters: aelnrstu. Private to "naturelles": -. Private to "naturels": -.
"naturelles" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC · "naturels" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- naturelles ← anturelles · natruelles · natturelles · natuerlles · naturelels · natureles · naturelless · naturellse
- naturels ← anturels · natruels · natturels · natuerls · naturells · naturelss · naturesl · naturles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "naturelles" and "naturels" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "naturelles" or "naturels"?
Useful next steps
"naturelles" and "naturels" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "naturelles" 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 #421,759 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "naturelles" 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 #421,759 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.