sans pareil
\sɑ̃ pa.ʁɛj\
The verdict
“sans pareil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excellent, supérieur dans son genre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-pareil · sans pareil · French
sans pareil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 pareil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ pa.ʁɛj\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sans pareil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sans pareil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɑ̃ pa.ʁɛj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Excellent, supérieur dans son genre.".
sans pareil has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sans pareil, spelled S-A-N-S- -P-A-R-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Excellent, supérieur dans son genre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sans pareil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] François se dévoyait auprès des filles publiques, […]. On dit que ces professionnelles ont des charmes secrets, des recettes magiques pour exaspérer la volupté de leurs clients et leur procurer des extases sans pareilles […].
La seule fois que j’en aie goûté, j’en ai pris trois jours de migraine, des vomissements de bile verte, un dévoiement sans pareil.
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.