water-closet
\wa.tɛʁ.klɔ.zɛt\
The verdict
“water-closet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toilettes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-water-closet · water-closet · French
water-closet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | water-closet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa.tɛʁ.klɔ.zɛt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « water-closet » en français
Rare enough to double-check
water-closet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wa.tɛʁ.klɔ.zɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toilettes.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for water-closet in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 water-closet, spelled W-A-T-E-R---C-L-O-S-E-T.
Definition
- 1Toilettes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how water-closet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils ne se doutent pas même de la manière de faire le thé, et certainement qu’aucune de ces maisons-là n’a un water-closet convenable.
Les œuvres scatologiques elles-mêmes ne peuvent être pleinement appréciées au water-closet.
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.