ovarium
/ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/
"ovarium" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ovarium” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ovary.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ovarium · ovarium · English
ovarium · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ovarium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ovarium” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ovarium is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ovary.".
ovarium has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From New Latin. Doublet of ovary. The correct English form is ovarium, spelled O-V-A-R-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1An ovary.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ovarium appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] racemes axillary, suprafoliaceous; ovarium glabrous.
Etymology
From New Latin. Doublet of ovary.
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.