go without saying
"go-without-saying" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“go without saying” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.
Corpus desk
Index EN-go-without-saying · go without saying · English
go without saying · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | go without saying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “go without saying” in English
Rare enough to double-check
go without saying is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for go without saying in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of French aller sans dire. The correct English form is go without saying, spelled G-O- -W-I-T-H-O-U-T- -S-A-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how go without saying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It goes without saying that our volunteers love their work.
It almost goes without saying that the train is fully soundproofed, with double-glazed windows and highly efficient air-conditioning by the British firm of J. Stone.
Etymology
Calque of French aller sans dire.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.