sants
\ˈsant͡s\
The verdict
“sants” is uncommon French (frequency #94,248 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,248
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de sant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈsant͡s\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #94,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sants” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sants is uncommon French at frequency #94,248 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈsant͡s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de sant.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sants in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is sants, spelled S-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de sant.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “sants”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-T-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈsant͡s\ (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.