eau non potable
\o nɔ̃ pɔ.tabl\
The verdict
“eau non potable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eau dont les caractéristiques physico-chimiques, microbiologiques ou organoleptiques ne répondent pas aux normes sanitaires de l’eau potable et qui ne peut donc pas être utilisée pour la consommati...
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Index FR-eau-non-potable · eau non potable · French
eau non potable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 non potable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o nɔ̃ pɔ.tabl\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « eau non potable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
eau non potable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o nɔ̃ pɔ.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eau dont les caractéristiques physico-chimiques, microbiologiques ou organoleptiques ne répondent pas aux normes sanitaires de l’eau potable et qui ne peut donc pas être utilisée pour la consommati...".
eau non potable doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is eau non potable, spelled E-A-U- -N-O-N- -P-O-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Eau dont les caractéristiques physico-chimiques, microbiologiques ou organoleptiques ne répondent pas aux normes sanitaires de l’eau potable et qui ne peut donc pas être utilisée pour la consommation humaine.
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.