ovulation

\ɔ.vy.la.sjɔ̃\

/\ɔ.vy.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“ovulation” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,261. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,261
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chute de l’ovule hors de la vésicule ovarienne (follicule mûr), et, par suite, hors de l’ovaire jusqu’au pavillon de l’oviducte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ovulation · ovulation · French

ovulation · rank #49,261 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #49,261
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH oseront

Nearest frequency peer: oseront (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ovulation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ovulation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ovulation vs ovation
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ovulation
PropertyValue
Headwordovulation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.vy.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#49,261
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ovulation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ovulationse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « oseront » (#49,260), « palaces » (#49,262), « osaient » (#49,259). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ovulation » est au #49,261. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around ovulation (IPA \ɔ.vy.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,261 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chute de l’ovule hors de la vésicule ovarienne (follicule mûr), et, par suite, hors de l’ovaire jusqu’au pavillon de l’oviducte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ovulation, with forms such as "ouvlation", "ovluation", and "ovualtion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ovation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ovulation, spelled O-V-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chute de l’ovule hors de la vésicule ovarienne (follicule mûr), et, par suite, hors de l’ovaire jusqu’au pavillon de l’oviducte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ovulation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Synonyms

ponte ovulairemétœstrus

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ouvlation
  • ovluation
  • ovualtion
  • ovulaiton
  • ovulatino
  • ovulationn
  • ovulatoin
  • ovulattion
  • ovullation
  • ovultaion
  • ovvulation
  • voulation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ovulation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ouvlation2ovluation2ovualtion2ovulaiton2ovulatino2ovulationn1ovulatoin2ovulattion1
Edit distance from "ovulation"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ovulation"?
"ovulation" is spelled O-V-U-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.vy.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "ovulation" mean?
As a noun, "ovulation" means: Chute de l’ovule hors de la vésicule ovarienne (follicule mûr), et, par suite, hors de l’ovaire jusqu’au pavillon de l’oviducte.
What words are commonly confused with "ovulation"?
"ovulation" is commonly confused with "ovation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ovulation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ovulation" is \ɔ.vy.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ovulation" come from?
"ovulation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ovulation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list