sans mentir
The verdict
“sans mentir” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En vérité, à dire vrai.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sans mentir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sans mentir” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sans mentir is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "En vérité, à dire vrai.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sans mentir, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sans mentir, spelled S-A-N-S- -M-E-N-T-I-R.
Definition
- 1En vérité, à dire vrai.
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.
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Using “sans mentir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-S- -M-E-N-T-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.