sans arrêt
\sɑ̃.z‿a.ʁɛ\
The verdict
“sans arrêt” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En se répétant continuellement ; sans s’arrêter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sans arrêt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.z‿a.ʁɛ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sans arrêt” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sans arrêt is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.z‿a.ʁɛ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "En se répétant continuellement ; sans s’arrêter.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sans arrêt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sans arrêt, spelled S-A-N-S- -A-R-R-Ê-T.
Definition
- 1En se répétant continuellement ; sans s’arrêter.
This word in other languages
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Using “sans arrêt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-S- -A-R-R-Ê-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃.z‿a.ʁɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.