sans délai
\sɑ̃ de.lɛ\
The verdict
“sans délai” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sur-le-champ ; aussitôt ; tout de suite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-delai · sans délai · French
sans délai · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 délai |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ de.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sans délai is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sɑ̃ de.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sur-le-champ ; aussitôt ; tout de suite.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sans délai in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is sans délai, spelled S-A-N-S- -D-É-L-A-I.
Definition
- 1Sur-le-champ ; aussitôt ; tout de suite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans délai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est un ouvrier qui doit se mettre sans délai à son ouvrage, et qui différerait vainement et nuisiblement de travailler.
À la caserne, on est fréquemment convoqué par un capitaine inconnu qui veut connaître sans délai l’horaire de paquebots pour la Chine […].
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.