sans vie
\sɑ̃ vi\
The verdict
“sans vie” 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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mort.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sans vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ vi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sans vie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sans vie is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃ vi\. 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: "Mort.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sans vie, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sans vie, spelled S-A-N-S- -V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Mort.
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.
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Using “sans vie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-S- -V-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃ vi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.