ça alors
\sa a.lɔʁ\
The verdict
“ça alors” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. 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) - Exprime la surprise, l’étonnement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ca-alors · ça alors · French
ça alors · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ç" 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 | ça alors |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \sa a.lɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ça alors » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ça alors is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \sa a.lɔʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exprime la surprise, l’étonnement.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ça alors in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ça alors, spelled Ç-A- -A-L-O-R-S.
Definition
- 1Exprime la surprise, l’étonnement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ça alors appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ça alors ! dit Jos en relisant le nom et l’adresse, ça alors, qui l’aurait cru ?
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.