sans pareil
\sɑ̃ pa.ʁɛj\
The verdict
“sans pareil” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - 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) - Excellent, supérieur dans son genre.
| 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) |
Where “sans pareil” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sans pareil is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃ pa.ʁɛj\. 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: "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.
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 pareil”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-S- -P-A-R-E-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃ pa.ʁɛj\ (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.