valiant

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The verdict

“valiant” is uncommon German (frequency #84,723 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,723
frequency rank, German
49,639
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kühn, mutig, tapfer

Key facts for valiant
PropertyValue
Headwordvaliant
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,723
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “valiant” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). valiant lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

valiant is uncommon German at frequency #84,723 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kühn, mutig, tapfer".

Zero misspellings are on record for valiant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is valiant, spelled V-A-L-I-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    kühn, mutig, tapfer

This word in other languages

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "valiant"?
"valiant" is spelled V-A-L-I-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "valiant" mean?
As an adjective, "valiant" means: kühn, mutig, tapfer
How do you pronounce "valiant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valiant" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valiant" come from?
"valiant" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “valiant”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is V-A-L-I-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list