without a doubt
"without-a-doubt" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“without a doubt” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - certainly; doubtlessly; unquestionably; indisputably; doubtless; surely; no doubt; without any doubt.
Corpus desk
Index EN-without-a-doubt · without a doubt · English
without a doubt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | without a doubt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “without a doubt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
without a doubt is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "certainly; doubtlessly; unquestionably; indisputably; doubtless; surely; no doubt; without any doubt.".
without a doubt has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is without a doubt, spelled W-I-T-H-O-U-T- -A- -D-O-U-B-T.
Definition
- 1certainly; doubtlessly; unquestionably; indisputably; doubtless; surely; no doubt; without any doubt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how without a doubt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She is, without a doubt, the best singer in the competition.
Without a doubt, that was the most challenging hike we’ve done.
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.