vuelta

noun

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The verdict

“vuelta” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,021
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tour de piste d’honneur, pour un torero particulièrement brillant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vuelta · vuelta · French

vuelta · rank #28,021 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #28,021
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH voue

Nearest frequency peer: voue (-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 « vuelta »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vuelta » 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).

vuelta vs volta
67% similar

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

Key facts for vuelta
PropertyValue
Headwordvuelta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,021
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vuelta »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vueltase 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 « voue » (#28,020), « VW » (#28,022), « vomit » (#28,019). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vuelta » est au #28,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around vuelta, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,021 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tour de piste d’honneur, pour un torero particulièrement brillant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vuelta, with forms such as "uvelta", "veulta", and "vuelat". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "volta", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is vuelta, spelled V-U-E-L-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tour de piste d’honneur, pour un torero particulièrement brillant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Six toros de Fuente Ymbro (575, 585, 510, 520, 520, 500 kg), extra de noblesse les 2,3 et surtout les 5 et 6, dignes de vueltas plus le salut du mayoral, Alfonso.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • uvelta
  • veulta
  • vuelat
  • vuellta
  • vueltta
  • vuetla
  • vuleta
  • vvuelta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vuelta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

uvelta2veulta2vuelat2vuellta1vueltta1vuetla2vuleta2vvuelta1
Edit distance from "vuelta"

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 "vuelta"?
"vuelta" is spelled V-U-E-L-T-A.
What does "vuelta" mean?
As a noun, "vuelta" means: Tour de piste d’honneur, pour un torero particulièrement brillant.
What words are commonly confused with "vuelta"?
"vuelta" is commonly confused with "volta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "vuelta" come from?
"vuelta" 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 "vuelta", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

étirer#28,030verges#28,012URSSAF#28,006triché#27,999

Similar misspelling depth

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

écrin8 variantsverrous8 variantsabonnez8 variantsthird8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list