volte
\vɔlt\
The verdict
“volte” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #27,292 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,292
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Danse à trois temps d’origine provençale.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | volte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɔlt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “volte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for volte is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɔlt\. Corpus data places it at rank #27,292 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for volte, with forms such as "ovlte", "vlote", and "vollte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vont", "vote", "voue", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is volte, spelled V-O-L-T-E.
Definition
- 1Danse à trois temps d’origine provençale.
- 2Mouvement en cercle que le cavalier fait exécuter au cheval.
- 3Mouvement circulaire effectué par une personne.
- 4Figure imposée au départ de certaines courses de trot, consistant à lancer les chevaux dans un mouvement de volte (2) depuis la raquette dans une ligne perpendiculaire ou parallèle à la ligne de départ, cette dernière ne devant être franchie par aucun concurrent avant la fin du compte-à-rebours sous peine de faux départ.
- 5Mouvement que l’on fait pour éviter les coups de l’adversaire.
- 6Cri de l’oiseau voyant sa proie.
- 7Route du navire.
- 8Mouvement circulaire donné à un objet.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovlte,vlote,vollte,voltte,votle,vvolte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “volte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-O-L-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɔlt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vont” - see the side-by-side comparison. volte vs vont
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.