sans faute
\sɑ̃ fot\
The verdict
“sans faute” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - impeccable, irréprochable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-faute · sans faute · French
sans faute · 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 faute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ fot\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sans faute » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sans faute is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɑ̃ fot\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "impeccable, irréprochable.".
sans faute has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 faute, spelled S-A-N-S- -F-A-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1impeccable, irréprochable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sans faute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une récitation sans faute ; une dictée sans faute ; un examen sans faute.
This word in other languages
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.