volume

\vɔ.lym\

/\vɔ.lym\/ noun

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The verdict

“volume” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,980
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ampleur, grosseur d’une masse ; espace occupé par un corps ou celui pouvant être délimité par une ou des surfaces.

Corpus desk

Index FR-volume · volume · French

volume · rank #1,980 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,980
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH voyez

Nearest frequency peer: voyez (+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 « volume »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « volume » 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).

volume vs voue
67% similar
volume vs vouée
67% similar
volume vs voûté
33% similar

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

Key facts for volume
PropertyValue
Headwordvolume
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɔ.lym\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,980
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « volume »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).volumese 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 « voyez » (#1,981), « terres » (#1,978), « égalité » (#1,982). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « volume » est au #1,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around volume (IPA \vɔ.lym\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,980 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for volume, with forms such as "ovlume", "vloume", and "vollume". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "voue", "vouée", "voûté", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is volume, spelled V-O-L-U-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ampleur, grosseur d’une masse ; espace occupé par un corps ou celui pouvant être délimité par une ou des surfaces.
  2. 2
    Quantité approximative, notamment dans le commerce.
  3. 3
    Intensité d’un son, puissance acoustique.
  4. 4
    Ouvrage ou division physique d’un ouvrage relié.
  5. 5
    Texte inhabituellement long, particulièrement de la correspondance.
  6. 6
    Quantité d'un produit financier échangé sur un marché financier sur une période donnée.
  7. 7
    Zone de stockage munie d'un système de fichiers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette bouteille peut contenir un volume d’un litre, c’est-à-dire un décimètre cube.
  2. Cette source fournit un volume d’eau considérable.

This word in other languages

capacity(English)Volumen(Deutsch)volume(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovlume
  • vloume
  • vollume
  • volmue
  • voluem
  • volumme
  • voulme
  • vvolume

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of volume - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ovlume2vloume2vollume1volmue2voluem2volumme1voulme2vvolume1
Edit distance from "volume"

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 "volume"?
"volume" is spelled V-O-L-U-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.lym\.
What does "volume" mean?
As a noun, "volume" means: Ampleur, grosseur d’une masse ; espace occupé par un corps ou celui pouvant être délimité par une ou des surfaces.
What words are commonly confused with "volume"?
"volume" is commonly confused with "voue", "vouée", "voûté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volume"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volume" is \vɔ.lym\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volume" come from?
"volume" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

terres#1,978telles#1,977claire#1,986effort#1,997

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

hommage8 variantsestime8 variantsrefuse8 variantsœuvres8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list