volubile

\vɔ.ly.bil\

/\vɔ.ly.bil\/ adj

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The verdict

“volubile” is uncommon French (frequency #72,004 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,004
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qualifie une liane dont la tige s’enroule en hélice autour de son support.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volubile · volubile · French

volubile · rank #72,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,004
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH voisinages

Nearest frequency peer: voisinages (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « volubile »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « volubile » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for volubile
PropertyValue
Headwordvolubile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vɔ.ly.bil\
Letters8
Frequency rank#72,004
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « volubile » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).volubiletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « voisinages » (#72,003), « véhémente » (#72,005), « vocalement » (#72,002). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volubile » est au #72,004. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

volubile is uncommon French at frequency #72,004 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɔ.ly.bil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for volubile in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is volubile, spelled V-O-L-U-B-I-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualifie une liane dont la tige s’enroule en hélice autour de son support.
  2. 2
    Qui parle beaucoup, avec aisance et rapidité.
  3. 3
    Qui se précipite, qui passe rapidement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous avons en France plusieurs espèces volubiles : l'une est le Liseron des champs ( Convolvulus arvensis ), que vous venez d'étudier ; l'autre est le Liseron des haies ( Convolvulus sepium ), dont la corolle est quatre fois plus grande, et d'un blanc de lait: les feuilles ressemblent à celles du Liseron précédent, mais elles sont beaucoup plus grandes.
  2. On nous a, en effet, envoyé pour la détermination une liane caoutchoutifère congolaise pouvant atteindre une quinzaine de mètres de hauteur et dont les tiges, privées de vrilles, sont volubiles.

Synonyms

bavardloquace

This word in other languages

twining(English)voluble(Español)Winden-(Deutsch)

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 "volubile"?
"volubile" is spelled V-O-L-U-B-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.ly.bil\.
What does "volubile" mean?
As an adjective, "volubile" means: Qualifie une liane dont la tige s’enroule en hélice autour de son support.
How do you pronounce "volubile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volubile" is \vɔ.ly.bil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volubile" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

virginal#72,001vibrants#71,998veloutée#71,994Vandamme#71,992

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list