sacrosaint
\sa.kʁo.sɛ̃\
The verdict
“sacrosaint” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est très saint, doublement sacré et révéré.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sacrosaint |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sa.kʁo.sɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sacrosaint” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sacrosaint is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sa.kʁo.sɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sacrosaint, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 sacrosaint, spelled S-A-C-R-O-S-A-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est très saint, doublement sacré et révéré.
- 2S’emploie le plus souvent sans sens particulier, pour indiquer une nuance d’ironie.
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.
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Using “sacrosaint”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-C-R-O-S-A-I-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sa.kʁo.sɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.