volte

/\vɔlt\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,292

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

volte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Danse à trois temps d’origine provençale. Pronounced \vɔlt\. Often confused with vont and vote.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of volte in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for volte is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for volte, with forms such as "ovlte", "vlote", and "vollte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vont", "vote", "voue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is volte, spelled V-O-L-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovlte,vlote,vollte,voltte,votle,vvolte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for volte

Misspelling Variants of "volte"

ovlte5vlote5vollte6voltte6votle5vvolte6
Misspelling Variants of "volte"

Frequency rank: #27,292 in French

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.