ovulação

//ɔ.vu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,982

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

ovulação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: amadurecimento e desprendimento do óvulo do ovário Pronounced /ɔ.vu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Often confused with ocupação and ocultação.

Key facts for ovulação
PropertyValue
Headwordovulação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɔ.vu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,982
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ovulação in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ovulação is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɔ.vu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #46,982 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "amadurecimento e desprendimento do óvulo do ovário".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ovulação, with forms such as "ouvlação", "ovluação", and "ovualção". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ocupação", "ocultação", "ondulação", 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 Portuguese form is ovulação, spelled O-V-U-L-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    amadurecimento e desprendimento do óvulo do ovário

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ouvlação,ovluação,ovualção,ovulaãço,ovulaçoã,ovullação,ovulçaão,ovvulação,voulação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ovulação

Misspelling Variants of "ovulação"

ouvlação8ovluação8ovualção8ovulaãço8ovulaçoã8ovullação9ovulçaão8ovvulação9
Misspelling Variants of "ovulação"

Frequency rank: #46,982 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ovulação"?
"ovulação" is spelled O-V-U-L-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɔ.vu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "ovulação" mean?
As a noun, "ovulação" means: amadurecimento e desprendimento do óvulo do ovário
What words are commonly confused with "ovulação"?
"ovulação" is commonly confused with "ocupação", "ocultação", "ondulação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ovulação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ovulação" is /ɔ.vu.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ovulação" come from?
"ovulação" is a Portuguese 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.