utérin

/\y.te.ʁɛ̃\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,511

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

utérin is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui concerne l’utérus. Pronounced \y.te.ʁɛ̃\. Often confused with utérine.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of utérin in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for utérin is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \y.te.ʁɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,511 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for utérin, with forms such as "tuérin", "uterin", and "utréin". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "utérine", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is utérin, spelled U-T-É-R-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: tuérin,uterin,utréin,uttérin,utéirn,utérinn,utérni,utérrin,uétrin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for utérin

Misspelling Variants of "utérin"

tuérin6uterin6utréin6uttérin7utéirn6utérinn7utérni6utérrin7
Misspelling Variants of "utérin"

Frequency rank: #46,511 in French

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 adj, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.