ovulación

[oβ̞ulaˈsjõn]

/[oβ̞ulaˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“ovulación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,448 among 10,276 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,448
frequency rank, Spanish
10,276
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Expulsión de un óvulo, natural o inducida, en el ovario para que pueda ser fecundado.

Key facts for ovulación
PropertyValue
Headwordovulación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[oβ̞ulaˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,448
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ovulación” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ovulación lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ovulación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,448 among 10,276 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oβ̞ulaˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ovulación, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ovulación, spelled O-V-U-L-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Expulsión de un óvulo, natural o inducida, en el ovario para que pueda ser fecundado.
  2. 2
    Proceso de maduración de un óvulo.

This word in other languages

ovulation(English)ovulation(Français)Ovulation(Deutsch)ovulação(Português)

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ovulación"?
"ovulación" is spelled O-V-U-L-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [oβ̞ulaˈsjõn].
What does "ovulación" mean?
As a noun, "ovulación" means: Expulsión de un óvulo, natural o inducida, en el ovario para que pueda ser fecundado.
How do you pronounce "ovulación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ovulación" is [oβ̞ulaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ovulación" come from?
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Using “ovulación”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is O-V-U-L-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [oβ̞ulaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list