comment vas-tu
\kɔ.mɑ̃.va.ty\
The verdict
“comment vas-tu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. 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) - Salutation interrogative à l’adresse d’une personne que l’on tutoie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-comment-vas-tu · comment vas-tu · French
comment vas-tu · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 vas-tu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \kɔ.mɑ̃.va.ty\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « comment vas-tu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
comment vas-tu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed \kɔ.mɑ̃.va.ty\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salutation interrogative à l’adresse d’une personne que l’on tutoie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for comment vas-tu, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is comment vas-tu, spelled C-O-M-M-E-N-T- -V-A-S---T-U.
Definition
- 1Salutation interrogative à l’adresse d’une personne que l’on tutoie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how comment vas-tu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment vas-tu ? — Ça va, et toi ?
Comment vas-tu ? — Bien, et toi ?
Synonyms
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.