sans nul doute

Name: sans nul doute, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\sɑ̃ nyl dut\

/\sɑ̃ nyl dut\/ adv

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“sans nul doute” 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: 14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avec certitude.

Key facts for sans nul doute
Property	Value
Headword	sans nul doute
Language	French
Part of speech	Adverb
IPA	\sɑ̃ nyl dut\
Letters	14
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sans nul doute” sits in French frequency

sans nul doute falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for sans nul doute is 14 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃ nyl dut\. 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: "Avec certitude.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for sans nul doute in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sans nul doute, spelled S-A-N-S- -N-U-L- -D-O-U-T-E.

Definition

1
Avec certitude.

Synonyms

nul doute sans aucun doute

This word in other languages

no doubt(English)

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 nul doute"?

"sans nul doute" is spelled S-A-N-S- -N-U-L- -D-O-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɑ̃ nyl dut\.

What does "sans nul doute" mean?

As an adverb, "sans nul doute" means: Avec certitude.

How do you pronounce "sans nul doute"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sans nul doute" is \sɑ̃ nyl dut\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sans nul doute" come from?

"sans nul doute" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Using “sans nul doute”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-S- -N-U-L- -D-O-U-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \sɑ̃ nyl dut\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.