comment ça va
\kɔ.mɑ̃ sa va\
The verdict
“comment ça va” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salutation interrogative.
Corpus desk
Index FR-comment-ca-va · comment ça va · French
comment ça va · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | comment ça va |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \kɔ.mɑ̃ sa va\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « comment ça va » en français
Rare enough to double-check
comment ça va is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \kɔ.mɑ̃ sa va\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salutation interrogative.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for comment ça va, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is comment ça va, spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-T- -Ç-A- -V-A.
Definition
- 1Salutation interrogative.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how comment ça va appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bon, ce n'est pas la fin du monde, me dis-je. Il va me redemander dix fois de suite « Quoi de neuf ? », « Comment ça va ? », mécaniquement, stupidement, jusqu'à ce que prenne fin ce fastidieux intermède et que chacun reparte vaquer à ses affaires.
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.