intra-utérin
\ɛ̃.tʁa.y.te.ʁɛ̃\
The verdict
“intra-utérin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se passe ou se trouve à l’intérieur de l’utérus.
Corpus desk
Index FR-intra-uterin · intra-utérin · French
intra-utérin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | intra-utérin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.tʁa.y.te.ʁɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « intra-utérin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
intra-utérin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.tʁa.y.te.ʁɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui se passe ou se trouve à l’intérieur de l’utérus.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for intra-utérin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is intra-utérin, spelled I-N-T-R-A---U-T-É-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui se passe ou se trouve à l’intérieur de l’utérus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how intra-utérin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’insémination intra-utérine intraconjugale en laboratoire ou cabinet médical, qui allie induction d’ovulation et préparation-lavage du sperme qui sera injecté dans l’utérus, lors d’une infertilité masculine ou féminine.
Ce sont les machines qui, aujourd’hui, donnent vie et souffle à notre monde ; ce sont les machines qui, les premières, voient les enfants (par l’échographie), les soignent (de façon intra-utérine), les veillent ; ce sont elles qui, les premières, couvent nos enfants, les touchent, les regardent.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.