volante

\vɔ.lɑ̃t\

/\vɔ.lɑ̃t\/ adj

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The verdict

“volante” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,067
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de volant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volante · volante · French

volante · rank #23,067 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,067
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vod

Nearest frequency peer: vod (-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 « volante »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « volante » 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).

volante vs volte
71% similar
volante vs voyant
71% similar
volante vs volent
71% similar

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

Key facts for volante
PropertyValue
Headwordvolante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vɔ.lɑ̃t\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,067
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « volante »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).volantese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vod » (#23,066), « volcaniques » (#23,068), « walk » (#23,069). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volante » est au #23,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around volante (IPA \vɔ.lɑ̃t\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #23,067 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de volant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for volante, with forms such as "ovlante", "vloante", and "voalnte". 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, "volte", "voyant", "volent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is volante, spelled V-O-L-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de volant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La calme et verticale chute de neige devenait oblique, un faible ronflement de mer lointaine se levait sur ma tête encapuchonnée, tandis que j’arpentais le jardin, happant la neige volante...
  2. mouche volante

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovlante
  • vloante
  • voalnte
  • volanet
  • volannte
  • volantte
  • volatne
  • vollante
  • volnate
  • vvolante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volante - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ovlante2vloante2voalnte2volanet2volannte1volantte1volatne2vollante1
Edit distance from "volante"

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 "volante"?
"volante" is spelled V-O-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.lɑ̃t\.
What does "volante" mean?
As an adjective, "volante" means: Féminin singulier de volant.
What words are commonly confused with "volante"?
"volante" is commonly confused with "volte", "voyant", "volent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volante" is \vɔ.lɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volante" come from?
"volante" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Virgile#23,063Villars#23,062écoulés#23,075abordée#23,087

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

tentera10 variantsagilité10 variantsstylos10 variantssourcil10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list