without
\wɪð.ˈaʊt\
The verdict
“without” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,419. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,419
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sans.
Corpus desk
Index FR-without · without · French
without · rank #23,419 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,419
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH Wisconsin
Nearest frequency peer: Wisconsin (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « without »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Wenger
Wenger
76,585 corpus weight
- willis
willis
76,584 corpus weight
- Wisconsin
Wisconsin
76,583 corpus weight
- without
without
76,582 corpus weight
- WWE
WWE
76,581 corpus weight
- zélandais
zélandais
76,579 corpus weight
What this shows « without » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | without |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \wɪð.ˈaʊt\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « without »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around without (IPA \wɪð.ˈaʊt\), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #23,419 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sans.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for without, with forms such as "iwthout", "wihtout", and "withhout". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is without, spelled W-I-T-H-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Sans.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how without appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He likes to eat everything without sharing.
A man who caused an online storm when he found a Mars bar without its signature ripple has received £2 in compensation.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwthout
- wihtout
- withhout
- withotu
- withoutt
- withuot
- witohut
- witthout
- wtihout
- wwithout
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of without - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "without", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).