pompe à eau
\pɔ̃.p‿a o\
The verdict
“pompe à eau” 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) - Appareil permettant de puiser de l'eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-pompe-a-eau · pompe à eau · French
pompe à eau · 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 "P" 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 | pompe à eau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɔ̃.p‿a o\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pompe à eau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pompe à eau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɔ̃.p‿a o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pompe à eau, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is pompe à eau, spelled P-O-M-P-E- -À- -E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Appareil permettant de puiser de l'eau.
- 2Appareil permettant la circulation du liquide de refroidissement dans un moteur.
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.