sans ambages
\sɑ̃.z‿ɑ̃.baʒ\
The verdict
“sans ambages” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans s’embarrasser de circonlocutions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-ambages · sans ambages · French
sans ambages · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sans ambages |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.z‿ɑ̃.baʒ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sans ambages » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sans ambages is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sɑ̃.z‿ɑ̃.baʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans s’embarrasser de circonlocutions.".
sans ambages has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sans ambages, spelled S-A-N-S- -A-M-B-A-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Sans s’embarrasser de circonlocutions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans ambages appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour le dire sans ambages, une personne brillante fait plus souvent des choses stupides qu’une personne stupide ne fait de choses intelligentes (Reeder & Brewer, 1979).
Les fonctionnaires présents accusaient sans ambages les militaires de se vautrer dans la concussion et l’abus d’autorité, mais les militaires le leur rendaient bien.
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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.