comme ci comme ça
"comme-ci-comme-ca" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“comme ci comme ça” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Neither good nor bad; so so; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
Corpus desk
Index EN-comme-ci-comme-ca · comme ci comme ça · English
comme ci comme ça · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | comme ci comme ça |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “comme ci comme ça” in English
Rare enough to double-check
comme ci comme ça is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Neither good nor bad; so so; tolerable, passable, indifferent.".
comme ci comme ça has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French comme ci comme ça (literally “like this like that”). The correct English form is comme ci comme ça, spelled C-O-M-M-E- -C-I- -C-O-M-M-E- -Ç-A.
Definition
- 1Neither good nor bad; so so; tolerable, passable, indifferent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how comme ci comme ça appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was comme ci comme ça.
Etymology
Borrowed from French comme ci comme ça (literally “like this like that”).
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.