volte

\vɔlt\

/\vɔlt\/ noun

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The verdict

“volte” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,292
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Danse à trois temps d’origine provençale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volte · volte · French

volte · rank #27,292 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,292
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH voyants

Nearest frequency peer: voyants (+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 « volte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « volte » 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).

volte vs vont
60% similar
volte vs vote
80% similar
volte vs voue
60% similar

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

Key facts for volte
PropertyValue
Headwordvolte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɔlt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#27,292
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « volte »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).voltese 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 « voyants » (#27,293), « viticulture » (#27,290), « words » (#27,294). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volte » est au #27,292. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around volte (IPA \vɔlt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,292 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Danse à trois temps d’origine provençale.
  2. 2
    Mouvement en cercle que le cavalier fait exécuter au cheval.
  3. 3
    Mouvement circulaire effectué par une personne.
  4. 4
    Figure 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.
  5. 5
    Mouvement que l’on fait pour éviter les coups de l’adversaire.
  6. 6
    Cri de l’oiseau voyant sa proie.
  7. 7
    Route du navire.
  8. 8
    Mouvement circulaire donné à un objet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il talonna son cheval, qui apprécia moyennement le traitement, et lui fit faire une volte pour couper court à la conversation.
  2. Parfois un bœuf s'échappait du rang et faisait une volte sur le trottoir.

This word in other languages

volta(English)Volte(Deutsch)

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.

ovlte2vlote2vollte1voltte1votle2vvolte1
Edit distance from "volte"

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 "volte"?
"volte" is spelled V-O-L-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔlt\.
What does "volte" mean?
As a noun, "volte" means: Danse à trois temps d’origine provençale.
What words are commonly confused with "volte"?
"volte" is commonly confused with "vont", "vote", "voue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volte" is \vɔlt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volte" come from?
"volte" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

words#27,294apnée#27,318Torah#27,266tollé#27,264

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

viennes6 variantsTania6 variantsSylla6 variantschip6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list