voulons

\vu.lɔ̃\

/\vu.lɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“voulons” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,428
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de vouloir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voulons · voulons · French

voulons · rank #3,428 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,428
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH visant

Nearest frequency peer: visant (-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 « voulons »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « voulons » 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).

voulons vs voyons
71% similar
voulons vs voulus
71% similar
voulons vs voulues
71% similar

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

Key facts for voulons
PropertyValue
Headwordvoulons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vu.lɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,428
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voulons »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).voulonsse 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 « visant » (#3,427), « élevée » (#3,429), « villages » (#3,426). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « voulons » est au #3,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around voulons (IPA \vu.lɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,428 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for voulons, with forms such as "ovulons", "voluons", and "voullons". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "voyons", "voulus", "voulues", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is voulons, spelled V-O-U-L-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de vouloir.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de vouloir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Nous voulons montrer au monde entier que la Pologne est un pays sûr, qu’on peut y venir », a expliqué le patron de la course, Czeslaw Lang.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovulons
  • voluons
  • voullons
  • voulnos
  • voulonns
  • voulonss
  • voulosn
  • vouolns
  • vuolons
  • vvoulons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voulons - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ovulons2voluons2voullons1voulnos2voulonns1voulonss1voulosn2vouolns2
Edit distance from "voulons"

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 "voulons"?
"voulons" is spelled V-O-U-L-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vu.lɔ̃\.
What does "voulons" mean?
As a verb, "voulons" means: Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de vouloir.
What words are commonly confused with "voulons"?
"voulons" is commonly confused with "voyons", "voulus", "voulues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voulons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voulons" is \vu.lɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voulons" come from?
"voulons" 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 "voulons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list