sans scrupule
\sɑ̃ skʁy.pyl\
The verdict
“sans scrupule” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de sans scrupules.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-scrupule · sans scrupule · French
sans scrupule · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 scrupule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ skʁy.pyl\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sans scrupule” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sans scrupule is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɑ̃ skʁy.pyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de sans scrupules.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sans scrupule, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 scrupule, spelled S-A-N-S- -S-C-R-U-P-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de sans scrupules.
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