# oval

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈəʊvəl/ · frequency rank #7,372

## Definitions
1. An elongated round shape resembling an egg or ellipse.
2. A thing having such a shape, such as an arena.
3. A sports field, typically but not exclusively oval in shape.
4. In a projective plane, a set of points such that no three are collinear and there is a unique tangent line at each point.

## Etymology
From Late Latin ovalis, from ovum; cognate with French and Italian ovale, Dutch ovaal. From 1570.

## Easily confused with
- **owl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oval-vs-owl)
- **over** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oval-vs-over)
- **oven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oval-vs-oven)
- **Ovid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oval-vs-ovid)
- **ovary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oval-vs-ovary)
- **ovate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oval-vs-ovate)
- **OA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oa-vs-oval)
- **ov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ov-vs-oval)
- **oil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oil-vs-oval)
- **oak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oak-vs-oval)
- **ova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ova-vs-oval)
- **ora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ora-vs-oval)
- **oda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oda-vs-oval)
- **Ola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ola-vs-oval)
- **Ota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ota-vs-oval)
- **oat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oat-vs-oval)
- **oar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oar-vs-oval)
- **opa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/opa-vs-oval)
- **oba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oba-vs-oval)
- **Ona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ona-vs-oval)

## Common misspellings (5)
`oavl`, `ovall`, `ovla`, `ovval`, `voal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/oval