c’est ça

\sɛ sa\

/\sɛ sa\/ phrase

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The verdict

“c’est ça” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Confirmation d’une question posée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-c-est-ca · c’est ça · French

c’est ça · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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.

Key facts for c’est ça
PropertyValue
Headwordc’est ça
LanguageFrench
Part of speechPhrase
IPA\sɛ sa\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “c’est ça” se place dans la fréquence du français

c’est çareste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

c’est ça is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \sɛ sa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for c’est ça in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is c’est ça, spelled C-’-E-S-T- -Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confirmation d’une question posée.
  2. 2
    Négation d’une affirmation, par antiphrase.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how c’est ça appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Que disions-nous, déjà ? La mairie de Paris, c'est ça. Et bien, la mairie de Paris se contenta de m'indiquer les coordonnées d'une société de dépigeonnage et me raccrocha au nez sans autre forme de procès.
  2. — Comment il s’appelle déjà… Paul ? — C’est ça.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "c’est ça"?
"c’est ça" is spelled C-’-E-S-T- -Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛ sa\.
What does "c’est ça" mean?
As a phrase, "c’est ça" means: Confirmation d’une question posée.
How do you pronounce "c’est ça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "c’est ça" is \sɛ sa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "c’est ça" come from?
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list