volumen

/[boˈlumẽn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,230

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

volumen is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cantidad de espacio tridimensional que ocupa algo. Pronounced [boˈlumẽn]. It ranks #2,230 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with volúmenes.

Key facts for volumen
PropertyValue
Headwordvolumen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[boˈlumẽn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,230
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for volumen is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [boˈlumẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,230 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 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 volumen, with forms such as "bolumen", "ovlumen", and "vloumen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "volúmenes", 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 volumen, spelled V-O-L-U-M-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cantidad de espacio tridimensional que ocupa algo.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, cualquier cantidad mensurable.
  3. 3
    Potencia o intensidad de un sonido.
  4. 4
    Cada uno de los tomos que componen una obra enciclopédica.
  5. 5
    Cada uno de los grupos bibliográficos en los que se agrupan los números de una publicación periódica.
  6. 6
    Unidad lógica de almacenamiento, consistente en un único sistema de archivos, que un sistema operativo maneja como un bloque.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bolumen,ovlumen,vloumen,vollumen,volmuen,voluemn,volumenn,volummen,volumne,voulmen,vvolumen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for volumen

Misspelling Variants of "volumen"

bolumen7ovlumen7vloumen7vollumen8volmuen7voluemn7volumenn8volummen8
Misspelling Variants of "volumen"

Frequency rank: #2,230 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "volumen"?
"volumen" is spelled V-O-L-U-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [boˈlumẽn].
What does "volumen" mean?
As a noun, "volumen" means: Cantidad de espacio tridimensional que ocupa algo.
What words are commonly confused with "volumen"?
"volumen" is commonly confused with "volúmenes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volumen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volumen" is [boˈlumẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volumen" come from?
"volumen" 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.