volver
[bolˈβ̞eɾ]
The verdict
“volver” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #545 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #545
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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).
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | volver |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [bolˈβ̞eɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “volver” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for volver is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for volver, with forms such as "bolber", "ovlver", and "vlover". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is volver, spelled V-O-L-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1Regresar (llegar a un lugar de donde uno se había ido; invertir la dirección en que se avanzaba; recuperar el estado que antes se tenía).
- 2Girar hacia atrás.
- 3Retomar el hilo de un curso de pensamiento o de una historia que se había dejado a causa de alguna disgresión, distracción o interrupción.
- 4Apoyar 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volver - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “volver”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-O-L-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bolˈβ̞eɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “volví” - see the side-by-side comparison. volver vs volví
- 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.