addition volante
\a.di.sjɔ̃ vɔ.lɑ̃t\
The verdict
“addition volante” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grivèlerie d’aliment, action de partir d’un restaurant sans payer la somme due.
Corpus desk
Index FR-addition-volante · addition volante · French
addition volante · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | addition volante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.di.sjɔ̃ vɔ.lɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « addition volante » en français
Rare enough to double-check
addition volante is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.di.sjɔ̃ vɔ.lɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grivèlerie d’aliment, action de partir d’un restaurant sans payer la somme due.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for addition volante, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is addition volante, spelled A-D-D-I-T-I-O-N- -V-O-L-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Grivèlerie d’aliment, action de partir d’un restaurant sans payer la somme due.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how addition volante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grivèlerie : l’habitué de l’addition volante convoqué au tribunal
La resquille implique que le client auteur de « l’addition volante » se savait dans l’impossibilité de régler la note ou avait l’intention délibérée de ne pas le faire tout en faisant semblant d’être disposé à payer.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.