volteface
\vɔl.t(ə).fas\
The verdict
“volteface” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de volte-face.
Corpus desk
Index FR-volteface · volteface · French
volteface · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | volteface |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɔl.t(ə).fas\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
volteface is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɔl.t(ə).fas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de volte-face.".
No misspelling variants are generated for volteface in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is volteface, spelled V-O-L-T-E-F-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de volte-face.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how volteface appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À votre appel, le féticheur est agité d’un énorme sursaut. Il fait volteface mains tendues, les doigts crochus comme pour jeter un sort.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.