# ovary

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈəʊvəɹi/ · frequency rank #31,282

## Definitions
1. A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
2. The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.

## Etymology
From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”). Doublet of ovarium.

## Easily confused with
- **over** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ovary-vs-over)
- **overt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ovary-vs-overt)
- **Ozark** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ovary-vs-ozark)
- **ovate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ovary-vs-ovate)
- **overly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ovary-vs-overly)
- **ova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ova-vs-ovary)
- **oar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oar-vs-ovary)
- **okay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/okay-vs-ovary)
- **oval** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oval-vs-ovary)
- **Omar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omar-vs-ovary)
- **oars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oars-vs-ovary)

## Common misspellings (7)
`oavry`, `ovarry`, `ovaryy`, `ovayr`, `ovray`, `ovvary`, `voary`

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