sans-cœur
\sɑ̃.kœʁ\
The verdict
“sans-cœur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui manque de cœur, de sensibilité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-c-ur · sans-cœur · French
sans-cœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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-cœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sans-cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui manque de cœur, de sensibilité.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sans-cœur, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sans-cœur, spelled S-A-N-S---C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Personne qui manque de cœur, de sensibilité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans-cœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Philippe. – N’es-tu pas diffamé, traité de chien et de sans-cœur ?
Le diable soit de la parole de ton grand-père ! — Mon grand-père a bien agi, et si je l’avais contredit, j’aurais été une sans-cœur.
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.