sans nul doute
\sɑ̃ nyl dut\
The verdict
“sans nul doute” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec certitude.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-nul-doute · sans nul doute · French
sans nul doute · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 nul doute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ nyl dut\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sans nul doute is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \sɑ̃ nyl dut\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
- 1Avec certitude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans nul doute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour avoir quelque chance de tracer un tableau fidèle de la généalogie des Vers, il faudrait d'abord laisser de côté toutes les formes parasites, qui, sans nul doute, ont été produites par la dégénération de formes libres, plus élevées.
Ce qui impliquait qu'il avait, sans nul doute comme je l'avais déjà pensé, une double vie.
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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.