cela va sans dire
\sə.la va sɑ̃ diʁ\
The verdict
“cela va sans dire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - C’est évident, inutile de le dire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cela-va-sans-dire · cela va sans dire · French
cela va sans dire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | cela va sans dire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \sə.la va sɑ̃ diʁ\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cela va sans dire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \sə.la va sɑ̃ diʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "C’est évident, inutile de le dire.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cela va sans dire in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cela va sans dire, spelled C-E-L-A- -V-A- -S-A-N-S- -D-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1C’est évident, inutile de le dire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cela va sans dire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Vous n’avez pas oublié les plans ? — Non. — Et les cartes qui vont avec. — Cela va sans dire.
Maman « tirait des plans » pour nos vêtements d’hiver : elle les voyait chauds, ce qui va sans dire, et même élégants et même nombreux.
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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.