va-t’en
\va.tɑ̃\
The verdict
“va-t’en” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de s’en aller.
Corpus desk
Index FR-va-t-en · va-t’en · French
va-t’en · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | va-t’en |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \va.tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
va-t’en is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \va.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de s’en aller.".
No misspelling variants are generated for va-t’en in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is va-t’en, spelled V-A---T-’-E-N.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de s’en aller.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how va-t’en appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Va-t’en, poésie, tu n’es bonne à rien !
— Va-t’en ! que je ne te revoie plus ! je n’ai plus de fils !
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.