Which to use
“valiant” is an adjective and “valiantly” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,498
- “valiant” frequency rank
- #45,732
- “valiantly” frequency rank
- 65230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valiant | valiantly |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic. | In a valiant manner; showing bravery. |
Letter map: valiant vs valiantly
Shared letters muted; letters that set valiant and valiantly apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. valiant runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against valiantly's 9 (CVCVVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for valiant / valiantly
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: valiant is anadjective and valiantlyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “valiant” sits inside “valiantly”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valiant is recorded at frequency rank #19,498, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈvæliənt/. valiantly is at rank #45,732, tagged as anadv.
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 65230, this pair ranks #73,826 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of valiant vs valiantly
Shared letters: ailntv. Private to "valiant": -. Private to "valiantly": y.
"valiant" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "valiantly" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "valiant" and "valiantly" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "valiant" or "valiantly" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "valiant" and "valiantly".
- Full dictionary entry for "valiant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "valiantly" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,826 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valiant" and "valiantly" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vagrant vs valiant". 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 #73,826 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.