ovule

\ɔ.vyl\

/\ɔ.vyl\/ noun

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The verdict

“ovule” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,625. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,625
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gamète femelle haploïde produit par l’ovaire, susceptible de fusionner avec un spermatozoïde lors de la fécondation pour former un zygote, puis le fœtus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ovule · ovule · French

ovule · rank #35,625 · 6 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,625
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH orga

Nearest frequency peer: orga (-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 « ovule »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ovule » 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).

ovule vs ovules
83% similar
ovule vs olé
40% similar
ovule vs ouïe
60% similar

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

Key facts for ovule
PropertyValue
Headwordovule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɔ.vyl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,625
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ovule »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ovulese 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 « orga » (#35,624), « paillasson » (#35,626), « opticien » (#35,623). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ovule » est au #35,625. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ovule (IPA \ɔ.vyl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,625 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ovule, with forms such as "ouvle", "ovlue", and "ovuel". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "ovules", "olé", "ouïe", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ovule, spelled O-V-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gamète femelle haploïde produit par l’ovaire, susceptible de fusionner avec un spermatozoïde lors de la fécondation pour former un zygote, puis le fœtus.
  2. 2
    Structure diploïde des plantes à graines (spermatophytes), issue du sporophyte, qui renferme le gamétophyte femelle haploïde. Ce dernier produit l’oosphère, destinée à être fécondée ; après fécondation, l’ovule se transforme en graine.
  3. 3
    Médicament solide, souvent de forme ovoïde, destiné à être appliqué par insertion dans le vagin ; aussi appelé « ovule gynécologique » ou « suppositoire vaginal ».

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À mesure que les ovules quittent le ventre de la femelle, ils sont fécondés par le mâle. La semence s’échappe par l’orifice anal.
  2. Les phylogénies moléculaires et morphologiques soutiennent également fortement la monophylie des spermatophytes, impliquant une origine unique de l’ovule.

This word in other languages

ovum(English)óvulo(Español)Eizelle(Deutsch)ovo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ouvle
  • ovlue
  • ovuel
  • ovulle
  • ovvule
  • voule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ovule - 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.

ouvle2ovlue2ovuel2ovulle1ovvule1voule2
Edit distance from "ovule"

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 "ovule"?
"ovule" is spelled O-V-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɔ.vyl\.
What does "ovule" mean?
As a noun, "ovule" means: Gamète femelle haploïde produit par l’ovaire, susceptible de fusionner avec un spermatozoïde lors de la fécondation pour former un zygote, puis le fœtus.
What words are commonly confused with "ovule"?
"ovule" is commonly confused with "ovules", "olé", "ouïe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ovule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ovule" is \ɔ.vyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ovule" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pales#35,628Noyon#35,618parée#35,632Nikos#35,615

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Norm6 variantsnages6 variantspolio6 variantsratios6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list