eau de fonte
\o də fɔ̃t\
The verdict
“eau de fonte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eau résultant de la fonte de neige, de glace ou de glaciers.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eau-de-fonte · eau de fonte · French
eau de fonte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « eau de fonte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
eau de fonte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o də fɔ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eau de fonte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans divers modèles hydrologiques, l’eau de fonte est en fait retenue dans le manteau neigeux tant que la teneur en eau liquide ne dépasse pas la capacité de rétention supposée du manteau neigeux.
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.