volute
\vɔ.lyt\
The verdict
“volute” is uncommon French (frequency #82,579 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,579
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornement du chapiteau de la colonne ionique et de la colonne composite, fait en forme de spirale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-volute · volute · French
volute · rank #82,579 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,579
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH volubilis
Nearest frequency peer: volubilis (-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 « volute »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Volk
Volk
17,425 corpus weight
- Volterra
Volterra
17,424 corpus weight
- volubilis
volubilis
17,423 corpus weight
- volute
volute
17,422 corpus weight
- vouvoyer
vouvoyer
17,421 corpus weight
- wam
wam
17,419 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « volute » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | volute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɔ.lyt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,579 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « volute » en français
Rare enough to double-check
volute is uncommon French at frequency #82,579 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɔ.lyt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for volute in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is volute, spelled V-O-L-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Ornement du chapiteau de la colonne ionique et de la colonne composite, fait en forme de spirale.
- 2Ornement en forme de spirale, à l’extrémité du manche d’un violon, viole, violoncelle ou contrebasse.
- 3Nom donné à des coquilles univalves tournées en cône pyramidal.
- 4Spirale, tourbillon, d’un fluide, fumée, brume, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how volute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’acanthe de Corinthe, la volute d’Ionie fleurissaient et se contournaient au chapiteau des colonnes.
De chaque côté s’élevaient des maisons de brique rouge surmontées de pignons à volutes, dont les fenêtres et les portes se détachaient, encadrées de blanc, avec une propreté toute hollandaise.
This word in other languages
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.
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