voleter

\vɔl.te\

/\vɔl.te\/ verb

The verdict

“voleter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voler à petits coups d’aile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voleter · voleter · French

voleter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for voleter
PropertyValue
Headwordvoleter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɔl.te\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « voleter » en français

voleterreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

voleter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \vɔl.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for voleter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is voleter, spelled V-O-L-E-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voler à petits coups d’aile.
  2. 2
    Se dit des choses légères qui semblent flotter dans l’air, balancées par le vent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les oiseaux voletaient çà et là en poussant des cris bizarres, tandis que d’autres cachés au plus épais du feuillage formaient de mélodieux concerts.
  2. Nous devons avouer que dans ses rêves enfantins ne voletaient pas de beaux chérubins roses cravatés d’ailes blanches, ne bêlaient pas des moutons savonnés et ornés de faveurs, ne s’élevaient pas des palais de caramel à colonnes d’angélique.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voleter"?
"voleter" is spelled V-O-L-E-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔl.te\.
What does "voleter" mean?
As a verb, "voleter" means: Voler à petits coups d’aile.
How do you pronounce "voleter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voleter" is \vɔl.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voleter" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list