eau potable

\o pɔ.tabl\

/\o pɔ.tabl\/ noun

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.

Key facts for eau potable
PropertyValue
Headwordeau potable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\o pɔ.tabl\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « eau potable » en français

eau potablereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Eau dont les caractéristiques physico-chimiques, microbiologiques et organoleptiques la rendent propre à la consommation humaine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how eau potable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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…
  2. 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. »

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eau potable"?
"eau potable" is spelled E-A-U- -P-O-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \o pɔ.tabl\.
What does "eau potable" mean?
As a noun, "eau potable" means: Eau dont les caractéristiques physico-chimiques, microbiologiques et organoleptiques la rendent propre à la consommation humaine.
How do you pronounce "eau potable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eau potable" is \o pɔ.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eau potable" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list