eau de fonte
\o də fɔ̃t\
The verdict
“eau de fonte” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eau résultant de la fonte de neige, de glace ou de glaciers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | eau de fonte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o də fɔ̃t\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “eau de fonte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for eau de fonte is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o də fɔ̃t\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Eau résultant de la fonte de neige, de glace ou de glaciers.".
eau de fonte has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is eau de fonte, spelled E-A-U- -D-E- -F-O-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Eau résultant de la fonte de neige, de glace ou de glaciers.
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.
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Using “eau de fonte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-A-U- -D-E- -F-O-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o də fɔ̃t\ (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.