volgen
\ˈvɔl.ɣǝ(n)\
The verdict
“volgen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suivre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-volgen · volgen · French
volgen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | volgen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvɔl.ɣǝ(n)\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « volgen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
volgen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvɔl.ɣǝ(n)\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suivre.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for volgen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is volgen, spelled V-O-L-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Suivre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how volgen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Het spoor van het hert volgen.
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.