# Salts vs sans

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Salts
*name · frequency rank #17,023*
A surname from Yiddish.

### sans
*preposition · IPA /sænz/ · frequency rank #13,416*
Without; lacking, especially with regard to something expected or with precedent

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salts-vs-sans