volta

//ˈvɔɫ.tɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#219

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

volta is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o ato de regressar ao local de partida Pronounced /ˈvɔɫ.tɐ/. It ranks #219 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with voto and votar.

Key facts for volta
PropertyValue
Headwordvolta
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈvɔɫ.tɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#219
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of volta in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for volta is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈvɔɫ.tɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #219 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for volta, with forms such as "ovlta", "vlota", and "volat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "voto", "votar", "volte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is volta, spelled V-O-L-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o ato de regressar ao local de partida
  2. 2
    o ato de se virar
  3. 3
    movimento ao redor de um circuito fechado
  4. 4
    retribuição (usualmente de alguma ação ruim)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovlta,vlota,volat,vollta,voltta,votla,vvolta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for volta

Misspelling Variants of "volta"

ovlta5vlota5volat5vollta6voltta6votla5vvolta6
Misspelling Variants of "volta"

Frequency rank: #219 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "volta"?
"volta" is spelled V-O-L-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈvɔɫ.tɐ/.
What does "volta" mean?
As a noun, "volta" means: o ato de regressar ao local de partida
What words are commonly confused with "volta"?
"volta" is commonly confused with "voto", "votar", "volte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "volta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "volta" is /ˈvɔɫ.tɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "volta" come from?
"volta" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.