oviducte
\ɔ.vi.dykt\
The verdict
“oviducte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conduit par lequel les œufs passent de l’ovaire au corps de l'utérus (mammifères) ou hors du corps de l’animal et où se produit la fécondation (mammifères).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oviducte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɔ.vi.dykt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oviducte” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
oviducte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɔ.vi.dykt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conduit par lequel les œufs passent de l’ovaire au corps de l'utérus (mammifères) ou hors du corps de l’animal et où se produit la fécondation (mammifères).".
oviducte has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is oviducte, spelled O-V-I-D-U-C-T-E.
Definition
- 1Conduit par lequel les œufs passent de l’ovaire au corps de l'utérus (mammifères) ou hors du corps de l’animal et où se produit la fécondation (mammifères).
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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.
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Using “oviducte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-V-I-D-U-C-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɔ.vi.dykt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.