eau potable
\o pɔ.tabl\
The verdict
“eau potable” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eau dont les caractéristiques physico-chimiques, microbiologiques et organoleptiques la rendent propre à la consommation humaine.
| 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) |
Where “eau potable” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for eau potable is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \o pɔ.tabl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is E-A-U- -P-O-T-A-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \o pɔ.tabl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.