volado

[boˈlað̞o]

/[boˈlað̞o]/ adj

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The verdict

“volado” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #24,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,696
frequency rank, Spanish
1,793
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de la persona que no está en plena posesión de sus facultades por encontrarse bajo los efectos de una droga. Habitualmente se refiere a alucinógenos como la marihuana.

Corpus desk

Index ES-volado · volado · Spanish

volado · rank #24,696 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,696
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,793
  • PHOTO-FINISH vivida

Nearest frequency peer: vivida (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “volado”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “volado” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

volado vs volar
67% similar
volado vs volcó
50% similar
volado vs volvió
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for volado
PropertyValue
Headwordvolado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[boˈlað̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,696
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “volado”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).voladocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “vivida” (#24,695), “voluntades” (#24,697), “viudo” (#24,694). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “volado” va en #24,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around volado (IPA [boˈlað̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,696 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for volado, with forms such as "bolado", "ovlado", and "vloado". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "volar", "volcó", "volvió", and more, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is volado, spelled V-O-L-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dice de la persona que no está en plena posesión de sus facultades por encontrarse bajo los efectos de una droga. Habitualmente se refiere a alucinógenos como la marihuana.
  2. 2
    Se dice de la persona que consume drogas, habitualmente ilegales, que provocan dependencia.
  3. 3
    Que no está atento a lo que sucede.
  4. 4
    Se dice de la letra o tipo de menor tamaño que se coloca en la parte superior del renglón.
  5. 5
    Que por ansiedad o excitación actúa de forma incoherente y desordenada.
  6. 6
    Que no está dominando sus nervios y ansiedad.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how volado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ―Camilo. No hubo respuesta. ―¡Camilo! ―¿Ah? ―¿Qué te ocurre? Cada día estás más volado. Péinate. Vamos a casa de tu tío Eudocio. Está muy enfermo.
  2. La "a" en 1ᵃ es una letra volada.

Synonyms

adictodrogadictodrogatadrogodependientetoxicómanoabstraídoausentedistraídoinquietointranquiloimpaciente

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bolado
  • ovlado
  • vloado
  • voaldo
  • voladdo
  • volaod
  • voldao
  • vollado
  • vvolado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bolado1ovlado2vloado2voaldo2voladdo1volaod2voldao2vollado1
Edit distance from "volado"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "volado"?
"volado" is spelled V-O-L-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈlað̞o].
What does "volado" mean?
As an adjective, "volado" means: Se dice de la persona que no está en plena posesión de sus facultades por encontrarse bajo los efectos de una droga. Habitualmente se refiere a alucinógenos como la marihuana.
What words are commonly confused with "volado"?
"volado" is commonly confused with "volar", "volcó", "volvió". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volado" is [boˈlað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volado" come from?
"volado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "volado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vivida#24,695víbora#24,698Zambia#24,702Zárate#24,703

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

análogo9 variantssubirá9 variantsshield9 variantsateísmo9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list