volent

\vɔl\

/\vɔl\/ verb

The verdict

“volent” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,882
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volent · volent · French

volent · rank #11,882 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,882
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH voice

Nearest frequency peer: voice (-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 « volent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « volent » 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).

volent vs vont
67% similar
volent vs volt
67% similar
volent vs voler
67% similar

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

Key facts for volent
PropertyValue
Headwordvolent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,882
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « volent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).volentse 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 « voice » (#11,881), « végétale » (#11,883), « vitale » (#11,880). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volent » est au #11,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around volent (IPA \vɔl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,882 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for volent, with forms such as "ovlent", "vloent", and "voelnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vont", "volt", "voler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 volent, spelled V-O-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de voler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tamesloht est la cité des oiseaux : sous la claire lumière, des merles, des moineaux et des tourterelles volent sans cesse d’un arbre à l’autre, au milieu de la végétation surabondante, des « tbibits », petits oiseaux particuliers à la région de Marrakech, semblent chez eux ici, et viennent familièrement se disputer les miettes des repas dans les appartem…
  2. À la ferme, Ambre et Aelis volent du temps aux jours pour bavarder au soleil en ravaudant un vêtement ou en préparant la soupe.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovlent
  • vloent
  • voelnt
  • volennt
  • volentt
  • voletn
  • vollent
  • volnet
  • vvolent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ovlent2vloent2voelnt2volennt1volentt1voletn2vollent1volnet2
Edit distance from "volent"

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 "volent"?
"volent" is spelled V-O-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔl\.
What does "volent" mean?
As a verb, "volent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voler.
What words are commonly confused with "volent"?
"volent" is commonly confused with "vont", "volt", "voler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volent" is \vɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volent" come from?
"volent" 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 "volent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list