voleur

\vɔ.lœʁ\

/\vɔ.lœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“voleur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,770. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,770
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme qui effectue un vol, qui dérobe, s’approprie le bien d’autrui, ou l’a déjà fait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voleur · voleur · French

voleur · rank #7,770 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,770
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vitesses

Nearest frequency peer: vitesses (-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 « voleur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « voleur » 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).

voleur vs voter
67% similar
voleur vs voyer
67% similar
voleur vs volez
67% similar

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

Key facts for voleur
PropertyValue
Headwordvoleur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɔ.lœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,770
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voleur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).voleurse 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 « vitesses » (#7,769), « voleurs » (#7,771), « vaincu » (#7,768). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « voleur » est au #7,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around voleur (IPA \vɔ.lœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,770 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for voleur, with forms such as "ovleur", "vloeur", and "voelur". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "voter", "voyer", "volez", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is voleur, spelled V-O-L-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Homme qui effectue un vol, qui dérobe, s’approprie le bien d’autrui, ou l’a déjà fait.
  2. 2
    Personnes morales effectuant un vol (des sociétés, des entreprises ou encore des gouvernements).
  3. 3
    Personne qui exige plus qu’elle ne devrait demander.
  4. 4
    Êtres vivants dont les actes sont interprétés comme du vol.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Harpagon criant au voleur dès le jardin, et venant sans chapeau. Au voleur ! au voleur ! à l’assassin ! au meurtrier ! Justice, juste ciel ! Je suis perdu, je suis assassiné ; on m’a coupé la gorge : on m’a dérobé mon argent.
  2. C'est un ustensile à l'usage des voleurs, et ces gens avaient bien les allures de malandrins qui viennent faire un mauvais coup.

This word in other languages

robber(English)ladrón(Español)Dieb(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovleur
  • vloeur
  • voelur
  • voleru
  • voleurr
  • volleur
  • voluer
  • vvoleur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ovleur2vloeur2voelur2voleru2voleurr1volleur1voluer2vvoleur1
Edit distance from "voleur"

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 "voleur"?
"voleur" is spelled V-O-L-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.lœʁ\.
What does "voleur" mean?
As a noun, "voleur" means: Homme qui effectue un vol, qui dérobe, s’approprie le bien d’autrui, ou l’a déjà fait.
What words are commonly confused with "voleur"?
"voleur" is commonly confused with "voter", "voyer", "volez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voleur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voleur" is \vɔ.lœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voleur" come from?
"voleur" 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 "voleur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

vaincu#7,768tribus#7,766étendu#7,775sentez#7,761

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

assiste8 variantsrebelle8 variantspluies8 variantsmouton8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list