oviposition
"oviposition" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oviposition” is uncommon English (frequency #96,330 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,330
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The process or instance of ovipositing, laying eggs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-oviposition · oviposition · English
oviposition · rank #96,330 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,330
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 15,494
- PHOTO-FINISH overwinter
Nearest frequency peer: overwinter (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “oviposition”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Otani
Otani
3,677 corpus weight
- overwinter
overwinter
3,672 corpus weight
- oviposition
oviposition
3,671 corpus weight
- paining
paining
3,670 corpus weight
- paratransit
paratransit
3,667 corpus weight
- parthenogen…
parthenogenesis
3,664 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “oviposition” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oviposition |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oviposition” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oviposition is uncommon English at frequency #96,330 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The process or instance of ovipositing, laying eggs.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for oviposition, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From oviposit + -ion, from ovi- (“egg”) + Latin pōsitus (“placed”). The correct English form is oviposition, spelled O-V-I-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The process or instance of ovipositing, laying eggs.
Etymology
From oviposit + -ion, from ovi- (“egg”) + Latin pōsitus (“placed”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "oviposition", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.