Valdes vs values, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Valdes” is a name and “values” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,998
“Valdes” frequency rank: #2,186
“values” frequency rank: 46184
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Valdes	values
Definition	A surname from Asturian.	plural of value

Letter map: Valdes vs values

Shared letters muted; letters that set Valdes and values apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch

Valdes

6 ch

values

Grammar separator: Valdes vs values

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Valdes is aname and valuesanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “Valdes” becomes u in “values”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Valdes is recorded at frequency rank #43,998, classified as aname. values is at rank #2,186, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvæljuːz/.

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 46184, this pair ranks #214,150 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Valdes vs values

Shared letters: aelsv. Private to "Valdes": d. Private to "values": u.

"Valdes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "values" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Valdes ← avldes · vadles · valddes · valdess · valdse · valeds · valldes · vlades
values ← avlues · valeus · vallues · valuess · valuse · vaules · vlaues · vvalues

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Valdes" and "values" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Valdes" is a name and "values" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary English text, does "Valdes" or "values" show up more?

"values" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,186 in our English list, against #43,998 for "Valdes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "Valdes" vs "values" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "Valdes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "values" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #214,150 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Valdes" and "values" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Valdes vs Valle". 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 #214,150 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.