Volodymyr
\vo.lo.di.miʁ\
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
- viti
viti
22,854 corpus weight
- vitis
vitis
22,853 corpus weight
- Volkoff
Volkoff
22,852 corpus weight
- Volodymyr
Volodymyr
22,851 corpus weight
- voyageons
voyageons
22,850 corpus weight
- végéta
végéta
22,849 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Volodymyr » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Volodymyr |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \vo.lo.di.miʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Volodymyr » en français
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
- 1Prénom ukrainien, équivalent de Vladimir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Volodymyr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Poignée de main entre Recep Tayyip Erdogan et Volodymyr Zelensky, le 18 août à Lviv (Ukraine).
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.
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