sans vie
\sɑ̃ vi\
The verdict
“sans vie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mort.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sans-vie · sans vie · French
sans vie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɑ̃ vi\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sans vie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɑ̃ vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sans vie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’est là, dans la cour de cet immeuble de la Ville de Paris, aux façades grises datant des années 1970, que le corps sans vie de la petite Lola a été découvert, vendredi en fin de soirée, peu avant 23 h 30.
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.