# sans

> English word · Preposition · IPA /sænz/ · frequency rank #13,416

## Definitions
1. Without; lacking, especially with regard to something expected or with precedent

## Etymology
From Middle English saunz, sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”). Compare French sans, Italian senza, Portuguese sem, and Spanish sin.

## Easily confused with
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-ss)
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-say)
- **saw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-saw)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-son)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sun)
- **sat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sat)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sin)
- **sen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sen)
- **SMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sms)
- **sis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sis)
- **SNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-snp)
- **sap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sap)
- **SAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sas)
- **Sao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sao)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sos)
- **ses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-ses)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sts)
- **SNL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-snl)
- **Sar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sar)
- **sax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sans-vs-sax)

## Common misspellings (6)
`asns`, `sanns`, `sanss`, `sasn`, `snas`, `ssans`

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