A common French misspelling

The reviewed standard spelling is “ça va.” The suggestion remains optional because lyrics can preserve intentional forms.

Convention: Spelling follows the language's standard.

Example

[Couplet]
Je sais, sa va

In the workbench this reads: “sa va” is a common French spelling error.

[Couplet]
Je sais, ça va

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Replace with ça va. The change is contextual, so it is previewed as a diff in your document first and applies only when you confirm it.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Sources

The sources cited by this check:

Ça (opens in a new tab) verified 2026-07-25 Demonstrative-pronoun spellings in ça va and comme ça

Questions d’orthographe lexicales (opens in a new tab) verified 2026-07-25 Frequent lexical errors including acceuil and parmis

Les erreurs fréquentes liées aux consonnes doubles (opens in a new tab) verified 2026-07-25 Standard spellings with single and doubled consonants