volontiers

\vɔ.lɔ̃.tje\

/\vɔ.lɔ̃.tje\/ adv

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The verdict

“volontiers” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,910
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De bonne volonté ; de bon gré ; de bon cœur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volontiers · volontiers · French

volontiers · rank #6,910 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,910
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH visé

Nearest frequency peer: visé (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « volontiers »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « volontiers » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

volontiers vs volontés
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for volontiers
PropertyValue
Headwordvolontiers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\vɔ.lɔ̃.tje\
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,910
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « volontiers »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).volontiersse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « visé » (#6,909), « what » (#6,911), « veiller » (#6,908). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volontiers » est au #6,910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around volontiers (IPA \vɔ.lɔ̃.tje\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #6,910 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for volontiers, with forms such as "ovlontiers", "vloontiers", and "vollontiers". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "volontés", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is volontiers, spelled V-O-L-O-N-T-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    De bonne volonté ; de bon gré ; de bon cœur.
  2. 2
    Facilement ; naturellement ; ordinairement.
  3. 3
    Se dit aussi, dans ce sens, en parlant des êtres inanimés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il écoutera volontiers cette proposition. — Ferez-vous cela ? Je le ferai bien volontiers, très volontiers.
  2. La richesse ne fait pas le bonheur; c'est un dicton qui court et que répètent volontiers les pauvres diables, pour se consoler des injustices de la fortune.

Synonyms

avec plaisir

This word in other languages

willingly(English)gern(Deutsch)mais(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovlontiers
  • vloontiers
  • vollontiers
  • volnotiers
  • voloniters
  • volonntiers
  • volonteirs
  • volontierrs
  • volontierss
  • volontiesr
  • volontires
  • volonttiers
  • volotniers
  • voolntiers
  • vvolontiers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volontiers - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ovlontiers2vloontiers2vollontiers1volnotiers2voloniters2volonntiers1volonteirs2volontierrs1
Edit distance from "volontiers"

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 "volontiers"?
"volontiers" is spelled V-O-L-O-N-T-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.lɔ̃.tje\.
What does "volontiers" mean?
As an adverb, "volontiers" means: De bonne volonté ; de bon gré ; de bon cœur.
What words are commonly confused with "volontiers"?
"volontiers" is commonly confused with "volontés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volontiers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volontiers" is \vɔ.lɔ̃.tje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volontiers" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

activement#6,920semblerait#6,887chirurgien#6,935complicité#6,936

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

sélectionné15 variantsrecherché15 variantscontiennent15 variantsmarchands15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list