eau de table
\o də tabl\
The verdict
“eau de table” 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 en bouteille, potable, ayant éventuellement subi des traitements.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eau-de-table · eau de table · French
eau de table · 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 table |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o də tabl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « eau de table » en français
Rare enough to double-check
eau de table is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o də tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eau en bouteille, potable, ayant éventuellement subi des traitements.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for eau de table in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is eau de table, spelled E-A-U- -D-E- -T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Eau en bouteille, potable, ayant éventuellement subi des traitements.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eau de table appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les variétés d’eau de table artificielles qui pourront se produire dans la suite feront l'objet d'une réglementation spéciale.
L'enrichissement par l'eau, dernier stade, commença par les boissons gazeuses et se consolida, vers 1980, par l’eau de table, dénommée improprement eau minérale, afin de gagner encore plus d'argent.
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.