dégât des eaux
\de.ga de.z‿o\
The verdict
“dégât des eaux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Type de sinistre où un bien est dégradé du fait de la présence d'eau.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dégât des eaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \de.ga de.z‿o\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dégât des eaux” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dégât des eaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \de.ga de.z‿o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Type de sinistre où un bien est dégradé du fait de la présence d'eau.".
Zero misspellings are on record for dégât des eaux in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is dégât des eaux, spelled D-É-G-Â-T- -D-E-S- -E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Type de sinistre où un bien est dégradé du fait de la présence d'eau.
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.
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Using “dégât des eaux”
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- The one correct French spelling is D-É-G-Â-T- -D-E-S- -E-A-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \de.ga de.z‿o\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.