voulu

\vu.ly\

/\vu.ly\/ verb

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The verdict

“voulu” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#930
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe vouloir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-voulu · voulu · French

voulu · rank #930 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #930
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vol

Nearest frequency peer: vol (-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 « voulu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « voulu » 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).

voulu vs vous
60% similar
voulu vs voyou
60% similar
voulu vs voûté
40% similar

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

Key facts for voulu
PropertyValue
Headwordvoulu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vu.ly\
Letters5
Frequency rank#930
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « voulu »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vouluse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vol » (#929), « éléments » (#931), « avenir » (#932). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « voulu » est au #930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around voulu (IPA \vu.ly\), averb. Corpus frequency is #930 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe vouloir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for voulu, with forms such as "ovulu", "voluu", and "voullu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vous", "voyou", "voûté", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is voulu, spelled V-O-U-L-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe vouloir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’était un dictionnaire vivant des grands hommes contemporains que Crabb Robinson ; et il n’est pas étonnant qu’on ait voulu éditer ce dictionnaire quand il eut cessé de pérambuler dans les rues de Londres.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovulu
  • voluu
  • voullu
  • vouul
  • vuolu
  • vvoulu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voulu - 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.

ovulu2voluu2voullu1vouul2vuolu2vvoulu1
Edit distance from "voulu"

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 "voulu"?
"voulu" is spelled V-O-U-L-U. The IPA pronunciation is \vu.ly\.
What does "voulu" mean?
As a verb, "voulu" means: Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe vouloir.
What words are commonly confused with "voulu"?
"voulu" is commonly confused with "vous", "voyou", "voûté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voulu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voulu" is \vu.ly\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voulu" come from?
"voulu" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

total#927morts#924forte#942bande#915

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

bons6 variantsfête6 variantspuisse6 variantssang6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list