uvéite
\y.ve.it\
The verdict
“uvéite” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inflammation de l’uvée, la couche pigmentaire de l’iris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-uveite · uvéite · French
uvéite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uvéite |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.ve.it\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « uvéite » en français
Rare enough to double-check
uvéite is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \y.ve.it\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inflammation de l’uvée, la couche pigmentaire de l’iris.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for uvéite, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 uvéite, spelled U-V-É-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1Inflammation de l’uvée, la couche pigmentaire de l’iris.
This word in other languages
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.