voluble
[boˈluβ̞le]
The verdict
“voluble” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,503 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,503
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que vuelve fácilmente; que da vueltas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-voluble · voluble · Spanish
voluble · rank #63,503 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,503
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH volpe
Nearest frequency peer: volpe (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “voluble”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- viudez
viudez
36,503 corpus weight
- vivieras
vivieras
36,502 corpus weight
- viviríamos
viviríamos
36,501 corpus weight
- volpe
volpe
36,499 corpus weight
- voluble
voluble
36,498 corpus weight
- Winnipeg
Winnipeg
36,493 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “voluble” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voluble |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [boˈluβ̞le] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “voluble” en español
Rare enough to double-check
voluble is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,503 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [boˈluβ̞le]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for voluble in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is voluble, spelled V-O-L-U-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Que vuelve fácilmente; que da vueltas.
- 2De carácter cambiante, inconstante.
- 3Se llama así a los tallos de las plantas que crecen formando espirales alrededor de otros objetos o plantas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how voluble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El reloj de cuya caja colgaban al descubierto, al parecer, las inmóviles pesas y el voluble péndulo diciendo perpetuamente que no, ocupaba con su abigarrada muestra el lugar preeminente entre los sólidos muebles
Como la viuda de Zapata era tan voluble de genio, en un instante, sin que se supiera el motivo, pasaba de la bondad apacible a la ira insana, de la credulidad infantil a la desconfianza marrullera, de las palabras razonables a los disparates más absurdos
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.
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