sans plomb
\sɑ̃ plɔ̃\
The verdict
“sans plomb” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Abréviation du terme « essence sans plomb ».
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-plomb · sans plomb · French
sans plomb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 plomb |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ plɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sans plomb » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sans plomb is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɑ̃ plɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abréviation du terme « essence sans plomb ».".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sans plomb in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sans plomb, spelled S-A-N-S- -P-L-O-M-B.
Definition
- 1Abréviation du terme « essence sans plomb ».
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sans plomb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je roule au sans plomb.
This word in other languages
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.