be going to
\bi ˌɡoʊ.ɪŋ tu\
The verdict
“be going to” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Avec un infinitif) Aller (faire quelque chose). Indique un projet ou une prédiction probable dans le futur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-be-going-to · be going to · French
be going to · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | be going to |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \bi ˌɡoʊ.ɪŋ tu\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
be going to is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \bi ˌɡoʊ.ɪŋ tu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Avec un infinitif) Aller (faire quelque chose). Indique un projet ou une prédiction probable dans le futur.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for be going to, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 be going to, spelled B-E- -G-O-I-N-G- -T-O.
Definition
- 1(Avec un infinitif) Aller (faire quelque chose). Indique un projet ou une prédiction probable dans le futur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how be going to appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I’m going to go to France this summer.
It’s going to rain.
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.