volo

\ˈvo.lo\

/\ˈvo.lo\/ noun

The verdict

“volo” is uncommon French (frequency #71,175 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,175
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gré, volonté.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volo · volo · French

volo · rank #71,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,175
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vivrières

Nearest frequency peer: vivrières (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « volo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « volo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for volo
PropertyValue
Headwordvolo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈvo.lo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#71,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « volo » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.volotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « vivrières » (#71,174), « Vulcan » (#71,178), « violeta » (#71,171). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volo » est au #71,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

volo is uncommon French at frequency #71,175 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈvo.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gré, volonté.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for volo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is volo, spelled V-O-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gré, volonté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tiam la rozujo skuiĝetis kaj el ĝi eliris voĉo diranta: Ĝardenisto, vi prenos mian floron, nur se vi promesos sendi al mi la virinon, al kiu vi donos ĝin, ĉar mia volo estas, ke ŝi danku al mi.

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 "volo"?
"volo" is spelled V-O-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈvo.lo\.
What does "volo" mean?
As a noun, "volo" means: Gré, volonté.
How do you pronounce "volo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volo" is \ˈvo.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "volo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list