# volta

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvoʊltə/ · frequency rank #29,885

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.

## Easily confused with
- **vote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volta-vs-vote)
- **Volvo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volta-vs-volvo)
- **vulva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volta-vs-vulva)
- **voltage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volta-vs-voltage)
- **vol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vol-vs-volta)
- **vita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vita-vs-volta)
- **volt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volt-vs-volta)
- **vila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vila-vs-volta)
- **Vogt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vogt-vs-volta)
- **vela** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vela-vs-volta)
- **vole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vole-vs-volta)
- **villa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-volta)
- **vodka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vodka-vs-volta)
- **vista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vista-vs-volta)
- **viola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viola-vs-volta)
- **Volga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volga-vs-volta)
- **Velma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/velma-vs-volta)
- **Vesta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-volta)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ovlta`, `vlota`, `volat`, `vollta`, `voltta`, `votla`, `vvolta`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/volta