volage

/\vɔ.laʒ\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,949

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

volage is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est changeant et léger. Pronounced \vɔ.laʒ\. Often confused with volé and volée.

Key facts for volage
PropertyValue
Headwordvolage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\vɔ.laʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,949
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of volage in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for volage is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɔ.laʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,949 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for volage, with forms such as "ovlage", "vloage", and "voalge". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "volé", "volée", "volte", 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 French form is volage, spelled V-O-L-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est changeant et léger.
  2. 2
    Qui pratique l'infidélité conjugale.
  3. 3
    Embarcation instable et susceptible de chavirer.
  4. 4
    Boussole dont l'aiguille est trop mobile.
  5. 5
    Se disait de canon dont le recul était trop fort.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une maladie dont les symptômes apparaissent et disparaissent rapidement.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovlage,vloage,voalge,volaeg,volagge,volgae,vollage,vvolage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for volage

Misspelling Variants of "volage"

ovlage6vloage6voalge6volaeg6volagge7volgae6vollage7vvolage7
Misspelling Variants of "volage"

Frequency rank: #45,949 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "volage"?
"volage" is spelled V-O-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.laʒ\.
What does "volage" mean?
As an adj, "volage" means: Qui est changeant et léger.
What words are commonly confused with "volage"?
"volage" is commonly confused with "volé", "volée", "volte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volage" is \vɔ.laʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volage" come from?
"volage" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our French index:

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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.