eau dure
\o dyʁ\
The verdict
“eau dure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eau contenant beaucoup d’ions calcium et magnésium, en particulier dont le titre hydrotimétrique est compris entre 30 et 40°f.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eau-dure · eau dure · French
eau dure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 dure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o dyʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « eau dure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
eau dure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o dyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eau contenant beaucoup d’ions calcium et magnésium, en particulier dont le titre hydrotimétrique est compris entre 30 et 40°f.".
eau dure has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 dure, spelled E-A-U- -D-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Eau contenant beaucoup d’ions calcium et magnésium, en particulier dont le titre hydrotimétrique est compris entre 30 et 40°f.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how eau dure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’eau douce, au contact du savon donne au toucher une impression onctueuse, tandis que l’eau dure est rêche.
Antonyms
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.