utérin

\y.te.ʁɛ̃\

/\y.te.ʁɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“utérin” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,511. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,511
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne l’utérus.

Corpus desk

Index FR-uterin · utérin · French

utérin · rank #46,511 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #46,511
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH utiliserons

Nearest frequency peer: utiliserons (-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 « utérin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « utérin » 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).

utérin vs utérine
86% similar

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

Key facts for utérin
PropertyValue
Headwordutérin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\y.te.ʁɛ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,511
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « utérin »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.utérinse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « utiliserons » (#46,510), « Vail » (#46,512), « Valmont » (#46,514). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « utérin » est au #46,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around utérin (IPA \y.te.ʁɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,511 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for utérin, with forms such as "tuérin", "uterin", and "utréin". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "utérine", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is utérin, spelled U-T-É-R-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne l’utérus.
  2. 2
    Hystérique.
  3. 3
    Qui se rapporte à la période prénatale.
  4. 4
    Qui est né de même mère, mais non de même père.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des essais cliniques ont eu pour but de radiosensibiliser des tumeurs pour lesquelles des arguments indirects laissaient envisager l’existence de cellules hypoxiques (tumeurs cérébrales, tumeurs du col utérin ou tumeurs ORL).
  2. À mon tour, j’ai été opérée d’une pathologie utérine en partie héréditaire dont avaient souffert Ann avant ma naissance et, je l’ai appris à cette occasion, Alice.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • tuérin
  • uterin
  • utréin
  • uttérin
  • utéirn
  • utérinn
  • utérni
  • utérrin
  • uétrin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of utérin - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

tuérin2uterin1utréin2uttérin1utéirn2utérinn1utérni2utérrin1
Edit distance from "utérin"

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 "utérin"?
"utérin" is spelled U-T-É-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \y.te.ʁɛ̃\.
What does "utérin" mean?
As an adjective, "utérin" means: Qui concerne l’utérus.
What words are commonly confused with "utérin"?
"utérin" is commonly confused with "utérine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "utérin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "utérin" is \y.te.ʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "utérin" come from?
"utérin" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list