sans merci
\sɑ̃ mɛʁ.si\
The verdict
“sans merci” 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) - Sans la volonté d’épargner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-merci · sans merci · French
sans merci · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 merci |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ mɛʁ.si\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sans merci » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sans merci is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɑ̃ mɛʁ.si\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sans la volonté d’épargner.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sans merci in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 merci, spelled S-A-N-S- -M-E-R-C-I.
Definition
- 1Sans la volonté d’épargner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans merci appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mordu bientôt par le désir de jouer un rôle, il détermina un libraire, un rival de Vuillet, à fonder un journal démocratique, dont il devint un des rédacteurs les plus âpres. L’Indépendant fit, sous son impulsion, une guerre sans merci aux réactionnaires.
Mais le Bureau de Santé était implacable et livrait sans merci aux autorités administratives et judiciaires ceux qui débarquaient clandestinement, avec la complicité des terriens, des marchandises suspectes.
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