volatil

\vɔ.la.til\

/\vɔ.la.til\/ adj

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The verdict

“volatil” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,209. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,209
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une matière, solide ou liquide, qui s’évapore facilement, susceptible de se résoudre en vapeur, en gaz.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volatil · volatil · French

volatil · rank #43,209 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,209
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vitali

Nearest frequency peer: Vitali (-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 « volatil »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « volatil » 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).

volatil vs volatile
88% similar
volatil vs volatils
88% similar
volatil vs volatiles
78% similar

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

Key facts for volatil
PropertyValue
Headwordvolatil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vɔ.la.til\
Letters7
Frequency rank#43,209
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « volatil »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.volatilse 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 « Vitali » (#43,208), « visais » (#43,207), « vota » (#43,211). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volatil » est au #43,209. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around volatil (IPA \vɔ.la.til\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #43,209 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for volatil, with forms such as "ovlatil", "vloatil", and "voaltil". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "volatile", "volatils", "volatiles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is volatil, spelled V-O-L-A-T-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie une matière, solide ou liquide, qui s’évapore facilement, susceptible de se résoudre en vapeur, en gaz.
  2. 2
    Qualifie une mémoire dont le contenu s’efface dès que l’alimentation électrique est coupée.
  3. 3
    Qualifie une variable dont la valeur peut changer à tout moment en raison d’événements étrangers au programme qui l’emploie.
  4. 4
    Qualifie un trait instable, fluctuant, mobile, insaisissable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est un corps dangereux par son inflammabilité et, comme il est très volatil, on ne doit le manipuler que loin des sources de chaleur ou de lumière.
  2. L’acide fluorhydrique, très avide d’eau, attaque vivement les végétaux et il est en même temps assez volatil pour qu’après un lavage à l’eau il soit inutile de désacidifier les fibres […]

Antonyms

fixedurable

This word in other languages

volatile(English)flüchtig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovlatil
  • vloatil
  • voaltil
  • volaitl
  • volatill
  • volatli
  • volattil
  • vollatil
  • voltail
  • vvolatil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volatil - 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.

ovlatil2vloatil2voaltil2volaitl2volatill1volatli2volattil1vollatil1
Edit distance from "volatil"

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 "volatil"?
"volatil" is spelled V-O-L-A-T-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.la.til\.
What does "volatil" mean?
As an adjective, "volatil" means: Qualifie une matière, solide ou liquide, qui s’évapore facilement, susceptible de se résoudre en vapeur, en gaz.
What words are commonly confused with "volatil"?
"volatil" is commonly confused with "volatile", "volatils", "volatiles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volatil"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volatil" is \vɔ.la.til\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volatil" come from?
"volatil" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ébranle#43,220trucage#43,195élancée#43,230élargis#43,231

Similar misspelling depth

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

tracks10 variantsaboutisse10 variantsalpines10 variantssinueuse10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list