volley-ball
\vɔ.lɛ.bol\
The verdict
“volley-ball” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sport de ballon collectif opposant deux équipes de 6 joueurs échangeant un ballon léger de la main au-dessus d’un filet qui les sépare.
Corpus desk
Index FR-volley-ball · volley-ball · French
volley-ball · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | volley-ball |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɔ.lɛ.bol\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
volley-ball is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɔ.lɛ.bol\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sport de ballon collectif opposant deux équipes de 6 joueurs échangeant un ballon léger de la main au-dessus d’un filet qui les sépare.".
volley-ball doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 volley-ball, spelled V-O-L-L-E-Y---B-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1Sport de ballon collectif opposant deux équipes de 6 joueurs échangeant un ballon léger de la main au-dessus d’un filet qui les sépare.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how volley-ball appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans sa jeunesse, il a été un bon joueur de volley-ball.
Synonyms
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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.