intrauterine
/ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹɪn/
"intrauterine" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“intrauterine” is uncommon English (frequency #60,885 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,885
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Located or taking place inside the uterus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-intrauterine · intrauterine · English
intrauterine · rank #60,885 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,885
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH interconnecti…
Nearest frequency peer: interconnecting (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “intrauterine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ingot
ingot
39,121 corpus weight
- inoperative
inoperative
39,120 corpus weight
- instil
instil
39,119 corpus weight
- interconnec…
interconnecting
39,118 corpus weight
- intrauterine
intrauterine
39,116 corpus weight
- irk
irk
39,113 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “intrauterine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intrauterine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹɪn/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,885 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “intrauterine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
intrauterine is uncommon English at frequency #60,885 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Located or taking place inside the uterus.".
Zero misspellings are on record for intrauterine in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From intra- + uterine. The correct English form is intrauterine, spelled I-N-T-R-A-U-T-E-R-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Located or taking place inside the uterus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how intrauterine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive.
Etymology
From intra- + uterine.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).