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How to spell natural

Natural is spelled N-A-T-U-R-A-L. Nature + al: the U stays and the E goes, so nat-u-ral.

What it means: Found in the wild and not made by people.

In a sentence: Birds sing in the natural forest. ▶

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Same family: naturally, naturalness, unnatural, naturalize, natural-born. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Natural comes from the Latin word 'naturalis,' which originally meant 'by birth' or 'innate.' Over time, English kept that sense in phrases like 'natural mother' for a biological parent, while also extending it to mean 'normal' or 'from nature.'

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