eau de javelle
\o də ʒa.vɛl\
The verdict
“eau de javelle” 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 September 3, 2026) - Variante de eau de Javel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eau-de-javelle · eau de javelle · French
eau de javelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 javelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o də ʒa.vɛl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « eau de javelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
eau de javelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o də ʒa.vɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de eau de Javel.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for eau de javelle, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 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 eau de javelle, spelled E-A-U- -D-E- -J-A-V-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de eau de Javel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eau de javelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hier. La mère Tricot vient chercher son garçon ; la voici derrière la balustrade, elle porte un paquet de linge mouillé sur l’épaule droite et un seau avec battoir, eau de javelle, etc., dans la main droite ; elle conduit de la main gauche une fillette toute petite et, bien entendu, elle est enceinte.
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.