volante

/[boˈlãn̪t̪e]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,804

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

volante is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instrumento para dirigir vehículos. Pronounced [boˈlãn̪t̪e]. It ranks #7,804 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with votante and votaste.

Key facts for volante
PropertyValue
Headwordvolante
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[boˈlãn̪t̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,804
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of volante in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for volante is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈlãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,804 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for volante, with forms such as "bolante", "ovlante", and "vloante". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "votante", "votaste", "votantes", 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 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 Spanish form is volante, spelled V-O-L-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento para dirigir vehículos.
  2. 2
    Tipo de documento o credencial que nos permite acceso a algún servicio o lugar de uso común en medicina.
  3. 3
    Semiesfera ligera rodeada de plumas que se utiliza en el deporte del bádminton.
  4. 4
    Tejido doblado, plegado, rizado o fruncido, con que se adornan algunas prendas de vestir y tapicería.
  5. 5
    Elemento con forma de rueda y con cierta masa, que en motores y elementos móviles mantiene el momento de inercia para que el movimiento sea continuo en los instantes en que no se aplica fuerza o incluso para mantener el movimiento una vez dejada de aplicar la fuerza.
  6. 6
    Elemento pasivo de un sistema mecánico que se utiliza para reducir las fluctuaciones de velocidad.
  7. 7
    Papel con información impresa que se entrega en mano a los transeúntes con fines propagandísticos.
  8. 8
    Posición de un jugador en fútbol, con ubicación inicial en el medio del campo pero debe recorrer las bandas laterales sirviendo como primera línea de defensa y también apoyando a los delanteros.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bolante,ovlante,vloante,voalnte,volanet,volannte,volantte,volatne,vollante,volnate,vvolante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for volante

Misspelling Variants of "volante"

bolante7ovlante7vloante7voalnte7volanet7volannte8volantte8volatne7
Misspelling Variants of "volante"

Frequency rank: #7,804 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "volante"?
"volante" is spelled V-O-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈlãn̪t̪e].
What does "volante" mean?
As a noun, "volante" means: Instrumento para dirigir vehículos.
What words are commonly confused with "volante"?
"volante" is commonly confused with "votante", "votaste", "votantes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volante" is [boˈlãn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volante" come from?
"volante" is a Spanish 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.