sans fond

\sɑ̃ fɔ̃\

/\sɑ̃ fɔ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“sans fond” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Sans limite ; sans fin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sans-fond · sans fond · French

sans fond · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for sans fond
PropertyValue
Headwordsans fond
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɑ̃ fɔ̃\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sans fond » en français

sans fondreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sans fond is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɑ̃ fɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans limite ; sans fin.".

sans fond doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sans fond, spelled S-A-N-S- -F-O-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sans limite ; sans fin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sans fond appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Quatre années de guerre n’avaient pas suffi, sa naïveté était encore quasiment sans fond.
  2. Il se retrouvait, impuissant, à la verticale d’un abîme sans fond.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sans fond"?
"sans fond" is spelled S-A-N-S- -F-O-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃ fɔ̃\.
What does "sans fond" mean?
As an adjective, "sans fond" means: Sans limite ; sans fin.
How do you pronounce "sans fond"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sans fond" is \sɑ̃ fɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sans fond" come from?
"sans fond" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list