volant

\vɔ.lɑ̃\

/\vɔ.lɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“volant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,814
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la faculté de voler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volant · volant · French

volant · rank #3,814 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,814
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH villa

Nearest frequency peer: villa (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « volant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « volant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

volant vs vont
67% similar
volant vs volt
67% similar
volant vs volet
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for volant
PropertyValue
Headwordvolant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vɔ.lɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,814
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « volant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.volantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « villa » (#3,813), « vi » (#3,812), « éditeur » (#3,816). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volant » est au #3,814. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around volant (IPA \vɔ.lɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,814 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for volant, with forms such as "ovlant", "vloant", and "voalnt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vont", "volt", "volet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is volant, spelled V-O-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a la faculté de voler.
  2. 2
    Qui n’est pas fixe, qu’on place et qu’on déplace à volonté.
  3. 3
    Qui est fixe, mais n'est pas posé directement sur le sol.
  4. 4
    Qui est affecté à différents endroits selon les besoins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how volant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les légendes de l’homme volant ne sont-elles pas répandues sur la quasi-totalité du globe et, semblables en cela à celles de l’homme enceint, longtemps restées de purs fantasmes ?
  2. Sur la table, un bourre-cartouches, une cartouchière, deux sébiles contenant l’une du plomb, l’autre des cartouches et des bourres ; à droite, près du secrétaire, une chaise volante.

This word in other languages

flying(English)fliegend(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovlant
  • vloant
  • voalnt
  • volannt
  • volantt
  • volatn
  • vollant
  • volnat
  • vvolant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ovlant2vloant2voalnt2volannt1volantt1volatn2vollant1volnat2
Edit distance from "volant"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "volant"?
"volant" is spelled V-O-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.lɑ̃\.
What does "volant" mean?
As an adjective, "volant" means: Qui a la faculté de voler.
What words are commonly confused with "volant"?
"volant" is commonly confused with "vont", "volt", "volet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volant" is \vɔ.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "volant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Thierry9 variantsréunis9 variantsconnard9 variantsprière9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list