oviduct
/ˈɒvɪdʌkt/
"oviduct" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oviduct” is uncommon English (frequency #81,665 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,665
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oviduct · oviduct · English
oviduct · rank #81,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,665
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH overstay
Nearest frequency peer: overstay (-1 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 “oviduct”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Otsuka
Otsuka
18,342 corpus weight
- outsell
outsell
18,340 corpus weight
- overlong
overlong
18,338 corpus weight
- overstay
overstay
18,337 corpus weight
- oviduct
oviduct
18,336 corpus weight
- oxtail
oxtail
18,332 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “oviduct” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oviduct |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒvɪdʌkt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,665 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “oviduct” in English
Rare enough to double-check
oviduct is uncommon English at frequency #81,665 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒvɪdʌkt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oviduct, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from New Latin ōviductus. By surface analysis, ovi- + -duct. The correct English form is oviduct, spelled O-V-I-D-U-C-T.
Definition
- 1A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin ōviductus. By surface analysis, ovi- + -duct.
Synonyms
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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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