Which to use
“volatile” and “voltige” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,852
- “volatile” frequency rank
- #34,360
- “voltige” frequency rank
- 60212
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volatile | voltige |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Animal capable de voler. | Exercice d’agilité ou d’acrobatie, exécuté soit au trapèze, soit sur une corde lâche. |
Where the eye mixes volatile and voltige
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: volatile vs voltige
A purely visual mix-up. volatile (\vɔ.la.til\) and voltige (\vɔl.tiʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volatile is recorded at frequency rank #25,852, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔ.la.til\. voltige is at rank #34,360, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔl.tiʒ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60212, this pair ranks #98,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of volatile vs voltige
Shared letters: eilotv. Private to "volatile": a. Private to "voltige": g.
"volatile" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "voltige" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "volatile" for "voltige" ever safe?
Frequency check: "volatile" vs "voltige" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "volatile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voltige" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,836 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volatile" and "voltige" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volage vs voltige". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #98,836 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.