Which to use
“volt” and “volts” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,072
- “volt” frequency rank
- #21,813
- “volts” frequency rank
- 54885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volt | volts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure de force électromotrice et de tension électrique du Système international, égale à la différence de potentiel entre deux points d’un conducteur transportant un courant d’un ampère quand la puissance dissipée entre ces deux points est d’un watt. Son symbole est V. | Pluriel de volt. |
Same sound, different letters: volt vs volts
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - volt and volts
This is the hard kind. volt and volts are pronounced identically (\vɔlt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “volt” sits inside “volts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volt is recorded at frequency rank #33,072, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔlt\. volts is at rank #21,813, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔlt\.
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 54885, this pair ranks #131,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of volt vs volts
Shared letters: lotv. Private to "volt": -. Private to "volts": s.
"volt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "volts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "volt" for "volts" ever safe?
Frequency check: "volt" vs "volts" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"volt" and "volts" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "volt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "volts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #131,036 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volt" and "volts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "volt vs voy". 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 #131,036 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.