saint des saints

/\sɛ̃ dɛ sɛ̃\/ noun

Letters

16 characters

Language

French

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

saint des saints is aFrenchnoun. It means: Partie centrale la plus intérieure et la plus sacrée du tabernacle, et ensuite du temple de Salomon, celle où l’arche était renfermée. Le Saint des saints est appelé débir par les hébreux. Pronounced \sɛ̃ dɛ sɛ̃\.

Key facts for saint des saints
PropertyValue
Headwordsaint des saints
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɛ̃ dɛ sɛ̃\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

saint des saints is not present in the top-100,000 ranked French corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for saint des saints is 16 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɛ̃ dɛ sɛ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for saint des saints 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 saint des saints, spelled S-A-I-N-T- -D-E-S- -S-A-I-N-T-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie centrale la plus intérieure et la plus sacrée du tabernacle, et ensuite du temple de Salomon, celle où l’arche était renfermée. Le Saint des saints est appelé débir par les hébreux.
  2. 2
    Lieu d'une importance sacrée.
  3. 3
    Partie presque inaccessible d'une chose.

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saint des saints"?
"saint des saints" is spelled S-A-I-N-T- -D-E-S- -S-A-I-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ̃ dɛ sɛ̃\.
What does "saint des saints" mean?
As a noun, "saint des saints" means: Partie centrale la plus intérieure et la plus sacrée du tabernacle, et ensuite du temple de Salomon, celle où l’arche était renfermée. Le Saint des saints est appelé débir par les hébreux.
How do you pronounce "saint des saints"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "saint des saints" is \sɛ̃ dɛ sɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "saint des saints" come from?
"saint des saints" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

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.