volta
/ˈvoʊltə/noun
volta is spelled V-O-L-T-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, volta means “A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of volta is voltas.
How many letters and syllables are in volta?
| Letters | 5: V-O-L-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is volta?
Volta appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce volta?
- US /ˈvoʊltə/
Volta has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with volta?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as volta (/oʊltə/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lovat.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of volta
- voltas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does volta mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
- 2
A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
- 3
A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does volta come from?
From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).