sans conteste
\sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tɛst\
The verdict
“sans conteste” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans contestation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-conteste · sans conteste · French
sans conteste · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 conteste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tɛst\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sans conteste is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tɛst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans conteste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était sans conteste du côté des plus forts, mais il avait souvent un sens démagogique assez poussé et il savait faire la part des choses.
Ce pays était si vaste et riche, et si peu peuplé, qu’il appartiendrait sans conteste à ceux qui sauraient le soumettre.
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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.