eau de vaisselle
\o d(ə) vɛ.sɛl\
The verdict
“eau de vaisselle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eau sale parce qu’elle a été utilisée pour laver la vaisselle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eau-de-vaisselle · eau de vaisselle · French
eau de vaisselle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 vaisselle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o d(ə) vɛ.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « eau de vaisselle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
eau de vaisselle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o d(ə) vɛ.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eau sale parce qu’elle a été utilisée pour laver la vaisselle.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for eau de vaisselle in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is eau de vaisselle, spelled E-A-U- -D-E- -V-A-I-S-S-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Eau sale parce qu’elle a été utilisée pour laver la vaisselle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eau de vaisselle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle essuya, sur son tablier, ses mains visqueuses d’eau de vaisselle.
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.