volver

/[bolˈβ̞eɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#545

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

volver is aSpanishverb. It means: Regresar (llegar a un lugar de donde uno se había ido; invertir la dirección en que se avanzaba; recuperar el estado que antes se tenía). Pronounced [bolˈβ̞eɾ]. It ranks #545 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with volví and volvió.

Key facts for volver
PropertyValue
Headwordvolver
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[bolˈβ̞eɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#545
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for volver is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bolˈβ̞eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #545 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for volver, with forms such as "bolber", "ovlver", and "vlover". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "volví", "volvió", "volvía", 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 volver, spelled V-O-L-V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Regresar (llegar a un lugar de donde uno se había ido; invertir la dirección en que se avanzaba; recuperar el estado que antes se tenía).
  2. 2
    Girar hacia atrás.
  3. 3
    Retomar el hilo de un curso de pensamiento o de una historia que se había dejado a causa de alguna disgresión, distracción o interrupción.
  4. 4
    Apoyar económica o moralmente a alguien o algo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bolber,ovlver,vlover,volevr,vollver,volverr,volvre,volvver,vovler,vvolver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for volver

Misspelling Variants of "volver"

bolber6ovlver6vlover6volevr6vollver7volverr7volvre6volvver7
Misspelling Variants of "volver"

Frequency rank: #545 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "volver"?
"volver" is spelled V-O-L-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [bolˈβ̞eɾ].
What does "volver" mean?
As a verb, "volver" means: Regresar (llegar a un lugar de donde uno se había ido; invertir la dirección en que se avanzaba; recuperar el estado que antes se tenía).
What words are commonly confused with "volver"?
"volver" is commonly confused with "volví", "volvió", "volvía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volver" is [bolˈβ̞eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volver" come from?
"volver" 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.