sans conteste
\sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tɛst\
The verdict
“sans conteste” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sans contestation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sans conteste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tɛst\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sans conteste” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sans conteste is 13 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tɛst\. 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: "Sans contestation.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sans conteste in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sans conteste, spelled S-A-N-S- -C-O-N-T-E-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Sans contestation.
Synonyms
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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 conteste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-S- -C-O-N-T-E-S-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tɛst\ (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.