ovulate
/ˈɒvjʊleɪt/
"ovulate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ovulate” is uncommon English (frequency #78,908 among 15,494 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,908
- frequency rank, English
- 15,494
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To produce eggs or ova.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ovulate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ovulate” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ovulate is uncommon English at frequency #78,908 among 15,494 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To produce eggs or ova.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ovulate, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ovul(e) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French ovuler. The correct English form is ovulate, spelled O-V-U-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To produce eggs or ova.
Etymology
From ovul(e) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French ovuler.
This word in other languages
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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Using “ovulate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is O-V-U-L-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.