il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée

\il.n‿j‿a pa də mɔ̃.taɲ sɑ̃ va.le\

/\il.n‿j‿a pa də mɔ̃.taɲ sɑ̃ va.le\/ phrase

The verdict

“il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
37
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Chaque chose existe avec son contraire.

Key facts for il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée
PropertyValue
Headwordil n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPhrase
IPA\il.n‿j‿a pa də mɔ̃.taɲ sɑ̃ va.le\
Letters37
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée” sits in French frequency

il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée is 37 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \il.n‿j‿a pa də mɔ̃.taɲ sɑ̃ va.le\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée, spelled I-L- -N-’-Y- -A- -P-A-S- -D-E- -M-O-N-T-A-G-N-E-S- -S-A-N-S- -V-A-L-L-É-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chaque chose existe avec son contraire.
  2. 2
    Il faut toujours considérer les choses sous leurs différents aspects.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée"?
"il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée" is spelled I-L- -N-’-Y- -A- -P-A-S- -D-E- -M-O-N-T-A-G-N-E-S- -S-A-N-S- -V-A-L-L-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \il.n‿j‿a pa də mɔ̃.taɲ sɑ̃ va.le\.
What does "il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée" mean?
As a phrase, "il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée" means: Chaque chose existe avec son contraire.
How do you pronounce "il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée" is \il.n‿j‿a pa də mɔ̃.taɲ sɑ̃ va.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “il n’y a pas de montagnes sans vallée”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is I-L- -N-’-Y- -A- -P-A-S- -D-E- -M-O-N-T-A-G-N-E-S- -S-A-N-S- -V-A-L-L-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \il.n‿j‿a pa də mɔ̃.taɲ sɑ̃ va.le\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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