sans-dieu
\sɑ̃.djø\
The verdict
“sans-dieu” 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) - Athée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-dieu · sans-dieu · French
sans-dieu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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-dieu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.djø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sans-dieu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sans-dieu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃.djø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Athée.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sans-dieu, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sans-dieu, spelled S-A-N-S---D-I-E-U.
Definition
- 1Athée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans-dieu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
les p’tits salauds, les p’tit’s vermines, les p’tits sans-cœur, les p’tits sans-Dieu, les chie-d’-partout, les pisse-au-pieu qu’il faut ben que l’on esstermine.
Les confessions des sans-dieu sont le réconfortant contraire de l’escamotage qui permet aux sournois petits bondieusards de se reposer sur les lauriers d’une pénitence dérisoire.
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.