voluble
[boˈluβ̞le]
The verdict
“voluble” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #63,503 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #63,503
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que vuelve fácilmente; que da vueltas.
| 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) |
Where “voluble” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for voluble is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈluβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,503 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “voluble”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-O-L-U-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [boˈluβ̞le] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.