sans aucun doute
\sɑ̃.z‿o.kœ̃ dut\
The verdict
“sans aucun doute” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avec certitude.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sans aucun doute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.z‿o.kœ̃ dut\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sans aucun doute” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sans aucun doute is 16 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.z‿o.kœ̃ dut\. 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: "Avec certitude.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sans aucun doute, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sans aucun doute, spelled S-A-N-S- -A-U-C-U-N- -D-O-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Avec certitude.
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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.
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Using “sans aucun doute”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-S- -A-U-C-U-N- -D-O-U-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.