sans contredit
\sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tʁə.di\
The verdict
“sans contredit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans qu’on puisse affirmer avec certitude le contraire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-contredit · sans contredit · French
sans contredit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 contredit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tʁə.di\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sans contredit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sans contredit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sɑ̃ kɔ̃.tʁə.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans qu’on puisse affirmer avec certitude le contraire.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sans contredit in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sans contredit, spelled S-A-N-S- -C-O-N-T-R-E-D-I-T.
Definition
- 1Sans qu’on puisse affirmer avec certitude le contraire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans contredit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Interrogez les augustes membres de la dynastie capétienne ; ils vous diront que la plus sacrée de toutes les propriétés est, sans contredit, le droit héréditaire, dont ils ont joui de toute antiquité, […]
Les biens, possédés par les monastères étaient, sans contredit, les mieux cultivés de toute l’Espagne, […] .
Synonyms
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.