ovoid
[ovoˈiːt]
The verdict
“ovoid” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Form eines Eis aufweisend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ovoid · ovoid · German
ovoid · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | ovoid |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ovoˈiːt] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ovoid“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ovoid is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ovoˈiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Form eines Eis aufweisend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ovoid in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ovoid, spelled O-V-O-I-D.
Definition
- 1die Form eines Eis aufweisend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ovoid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In dem Präparat konnten ovoide und stäbchenförmige Strukturen nachgewiesen werden.
Synonyms
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.