Volley
[ˈvɔlɛɪ̯]
The verdict
“Volley” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,105
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ball, der nicht im Spielfeld aufkommt, sondern direkt aus der Luft zurückgeschlagen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-volley · Volley · German
Volley · rank #47,105 · 7 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,105
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH voor
Nearest frequency peer: voor (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Volley“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- VN
VN
52,900 corpus weight
- Volley
Volley
52,896 corpus weight
- voor
voor
52,895 corpus weight
- Vorbau
Vorbau
52,894 corpus weight
- vorbeiziehen
vorbeiziehen
52,893 corpus weight
- vorgefertig…
vorgefertigte
52,892 corpus weight
What this shows „Volley“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Volley |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɔlɛɪ̯] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,105 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Volley“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Volley (IPA [ˈvɔlɛɪ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,105 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ball, der nicht im Spielfeld aufkommt, sondern direkt aus der Luft zurückgeschlagen wird".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Volley, with forms such as "ovlley", "vloley", and "volely". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "völlig", "voll", "volle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Volley, spelled V-O-L-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Ball, der nicht im Spielfeld aufkommt, sondern direkt aus der Luft zurückgeschlagen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Volley appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er rückte ans Netz vor und spielte einen unerreichbaren Volley.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ovlley
- vloley
- volely
- voley
- volleyy
- vollye
- vvolley
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Volley - 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.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Volley", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).