eau potable
\o pɔ.tabl\
The verdict
“eau 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eau dont les caractéristiques physico-chimiques, microbiologiques et organoleptiques la rendent propre à la consommation humaine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eau-potable · eau potable · French
eau potable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 potable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \o pɔ.tabl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « eau potable » en français
Rare enough to double-check
eau potable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \o pɔ.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eau dont les caractéristiques physico-chimiques, microbiologiques et organoleptiques la rendent propre à la consommation humaine.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for eau potable, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 potable, spelled E-A-U- -P-O-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Eau dont les caractéristiques physico-chimiques, microbiologiques et organoleptiques la rendent propre à la consommation humaine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how eau potable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces chiffres comparés avec le nombre de pieds cubes d'eau que les aqueducs de la ville fournissent en 24 heures, démontreraient, ce que la simple inspection des fontaines publiques aux diverses heures du jour et de la nuit prouve déjà, que les deux tiers environ de l’eau potable qui arrive à Lausanne se répandent dans les égouts , sans avoir été préalable…
Hippocrate définissait ainsi les caractères des eaux potables : « Une bonne eau doit être limpide, légère, aérée, sans odeur ni saveur sensible, chaude en hiver, fraîche en été. »
This word in other languages
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