Volodymyr

\vo.lo.di.miʁ\

/\vo.lo.di.miʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Volodymyr” is uncommon French (frequency #77,150 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,150
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom ukrainien, équivalent de Vladimir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volodymyr · Volodymyr · French

Volodymyr · rank #77,150 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,150
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Volkoff

Nearest frequency peer: Volkoff (-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 « Volodymyr »

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 « Volodymyr » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Volodymyr
PropertyValue
HeadwordVolodymyr
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vo.lo.di.miʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,150
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Volodymyr » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Volodymyrtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Volkoff » (#77,149), « voyageons » (#77,151), « vitis » (#77,148). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Volodymyr » est au #77,150. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Volodymyr is uncommon French at frequency #77,150 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \vo.lo.di.miʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom ukrainien, équivalent de Vladimir.".

Volodymyr has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Volodymyr, spelled V-O-L-O-D-Y-M-Y-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom ukrainien, équivalent de Vladimir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Poignée de main entre Recep Tayyip Erdogan et Volodymyr Zelensky, le 18 août à Lviv (Ukraine).
  2. Selon Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, directeur général de l’opérateur de réseau de transport d’électricité Ukrenergo, les forces russes ont tiré plus de 1,000 roquettes et missiles sur le réseau électrique ukrainien en quelques semaines.

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 "Volodymyr"?
"Volodymyr" is spelled V-O-L-O-D-Y-M-Y-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vo.lo.di.miʁ\.
What does "Volodymyr" mean?
As a proper noun, "Volodymyr" means: Prénom ukrainien, équivalent de Vladimir.
How do you pronounce "Volodymyr"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Volodymyr" is \vo.lo.di.miʁ\. 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 "Volodymyr", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list