c’est à savoir
\sɛ.t‿a sa.vwaʁ\
The verdict
“c’est à savoir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - C’est à savoir, à savoir, et plus ordinairement savoir, Façons de parler dont on se sert pour spécifier les choses dont il s’agit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-c-est-a-savoir · c’est à savoir · French
c’est à savoir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | c’est à savoir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \sɛ.t‿a sa.vwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
c’est à savoir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aconjunction, transcribed \sɛ.t‿a sa.vwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "C’est à savoir, à savoir, et plus ordinairement savoir, Façons de parler dont on se sert pour spécifier les choses dont il s’agit.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for c’est à savoir, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 c’est à savoir, spelled C-’-E-S-T- -À- -S-A-V-O-I-R.
Definition
- 1C’est à savoir, à savoir, et plus ordinairement savoir, Façons de parler dont on se sert pour spécifier les choses dont il s’agit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how c’est à savoir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On a vendu pour dix mille francs de meubles ; c’est à savoir : deux tapisseries pour tant, etc.
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.