volta

\vɔl.ta\

/\vɔl.ta\/ verb

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The verdict

“volta” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,236
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de volter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volta · volta · French

volta · rank #32,236 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,236
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH VIVO

Nearest frequency peer: VIVO (-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 « volta »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « volta » 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).

volta vs vont
60% similar
volta vs vote
60% similar
volta vs vota
80% similar

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

Key facts for volta
PropertyValue
Headwordvolta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɔl.ta\
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,236
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « volta »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.voltase place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « VIVO » (#32,235), « voulus » (#32,237), « vivaces » (#32,234). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volta » est au #32,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around volta (IPA \vɔl.ta\), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,236 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de volter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for volta, with forms such as "ovlta", "vlota", and "volat". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vont", "vote", "vota", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is volta, spelled V-O-L-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de volter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle volta dans un froufrou de jupe, se dirigea vers un petit meuble à destination mal définie, ouvrit un tiroir, farfouilla dedans et en tira une photo format carte-postale qu’elle me tendit.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovlta
  • vlota
  • volat
  • vollta
  • voltta
  • votla
  • vvolta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ovlta2vlota2volat2vollta1voltta1votla2vvolta1
Edit distance from "volta"

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 "volta"?
"volta" is spelled V-O-L-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔl.ta\.
What does "volta" mean?
As a verb, "volta" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de volter.
What words are commonly confused with "volta"?
"volta" is commonly confused with "vont", "vote", "vota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volta" is \vɔl.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volta" come from?
"volta" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Yohan#32,243tongs#32,221Tilly#32,218those#32,216

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

thym7 variantsalexia7 variantsspoil7 variantsbears7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list