Which to use
“val” is a noun and “valid” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,148
- “val” frequency rank
- #3,792
- “valid” frequency rank
- 14940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | val | valid |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Valium. | Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent. |
Letter map: val vs valid
Shared letters muted; letters that set val and valid apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for val / valid
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: val is anoun and validanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “val” sits inside “valid”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
val is recorded at frequency rank #11,148, classified as anoun. valid is at rank #3,792, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈvælɪd/.
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 14940, this pair ranks #467,027 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of val vs valid
Shared letters: alv. Private to "val": -. Private to "valid": di.
"val" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "valid" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- valid ← avlid · vaild · valdi · validd · vallid · vlaid · vvalid
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "val" for "valid" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've compared "val" and "valid". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "val" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "valid" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #467,027 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "val" and "valid" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "val vs VH". 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 #467,027 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.