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 May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “volley-ball” sits in French frequency
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.
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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.
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Using “volley-ball”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-O-L-L-E-Y---B-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɔ.lɛ.bol\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.