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“volte” and “voltige” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,292
- “volte” frequency rank
- #34,360
- “voltige” frequency rank
- 61652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | volte | voltige |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Danse à trois temps d’origine provençale. | Exercice d’agilité ou d’acrobatie, exécuté soit au trapèze, soit sur une corde lâche. |
Where the eye mixes volte and voltige
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: volte vs voltige
A purely visual mix-up. volte (\vɔlt\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
volte is recorded at frequency rank #27,292, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔlt\. 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 61652, this pair ranks #91,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of volte vs voltige
Shared letters: elotv. Private to "volte": -. Private to "voltige": gi.
"volte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "voltige" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "volte" and "voltige" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "volte" 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 #91,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "volte" 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 #91,152 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.