volet

\vɔ.lɛ\

/\vɔ.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“volet” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,256. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,256
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tablette utilisée pour trier les petits objets, comme les grains, les cailloux, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volet · volet · French

volet · rank #6,256 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,256
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vivait

Nearest frequency peer: vivait (-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 « volet »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « volet » 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).

volet vs vont
60% similar
volet vs vote
60% similar
volet vs vols
60% similar

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

Key facts for volet
PropertyValue
Headwordvolet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɔ.lɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,256
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « volet »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.voletse 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 « vivait » (#6,255), « volontairement » (#6,257), « vieil » (#6,254). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volet » est au #6,256. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around volet (IPA \vɔ.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,256 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for volet, with forms such as "ovlet", "vloet", and "voelt". 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", "vote", "vols", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is volet, spelled V-O-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tablette utilisée pour trier les petits objets, comme les grains, les cailloux, etc.
  2. 2
    Petit réduit servant à faire nicher des pigeons.
  3. 3
    Panneau, en bois ou en métal, ou battant qui protège une fenêtre, le plus souvent à l’extérieur.
  4. 4
    Vantail, aile ou partie d’un objet qui se replie.
  5. 5
    Partie mobile de l’aile d’un avion dont l’orientation permet de diriger l’appareil.
  6. 6
    Meuble représentant un disque de couleur verte dans les armoiries. Il s’agit d’un ancien nom utilisé pour le tourteau de sinople. À rapprocher de besant, besant-tourteau, gulpe, guse, heurte, œil de faucon, ogoesse, plate, pomme, somme, tourteau et tourteau-besant.
  7. 7
    Partie solidaire d'une construction intellectuelle.
  8. 8
    Partie d’un programme, d’une stratégie, d'une série.
  9. 9
    Nénuphar.
  10. 10
    Partie amovible d'un barndoor/coupe-flux permettant de laisser passer plus ou moins de lumières sur les côtés de la projection.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il trie son grain avec un volet.
  2. Volets. Ce ſont de petits réduits, qui n’ont qu’une médiocre ouverture, fermée avec une jalouſie ou un ais […]

Synonyms

panneau de fenêtrecontreventjalousiepersiennepommesomme

This word in other languages

shutter(English)postigo(Español)Fensterladen(Deutsch)porta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovlet
  • vloet
  • voelt
  • volett
  • vollet
  • vvolet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ovlet2vloet2voelt2volett1vollet1vvolet1
Edit distance from "volet"

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 "volet"?
"volet" is spelled V-O-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.lɛ\.
What does "volet" mean?
As a noun, "volet" means: Tablette utilisée pour trier les petits objets, comme les grains, les cailloux, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "volet"?
"volet" is commonly confused with "vont", "vote", "vols". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volet" is \vɔ.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volet" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vieil#6,254âgées#6,259vides#6,253tueur#6,251

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

cash6 variantscoule6 variantspourri6 variantsjuive6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list