puits sans fond
\pɥi sɑ̃ fɔ̃\
The verdict
“puits sans fond” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Situation qui est sans issue, sans limite, sans terme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-puits-sans-fond · puits sans fond · French
puits sans fond · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | puits sans fond |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɥi sɑ̃ fɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
puits sans fond is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɥi sɑ̃ fɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for puits sans fond in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 puits sans fond, spelled P-U-I-T-S- -S-A-N-S- -F-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1Situation qui est sans issue, sans limite, sans terme.
- 2Projet qui engloutit des sommes d’argent colossales en permanence sans tenir ses promesses.
- 3Personne qui n'a jamais assez d'argent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how puits sans fond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les rêves étaient pareils à un puits sans fond : lorsque l'on tombait dedans, la chute ne s'arrêtait plus.
C'était cela la mort, juste cela, disparaître dans un puits sans fond, sans définition.
Synonyms
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.