Valais
/væˈleɪ/
"valais" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Valais” is uncommon English (frequency #74,622 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,622
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A canton of Switzerland (the French name)
Corpus desk
Index EN-valais · Valais · English
Valais · rank #74,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,622
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH unrolled
Nearest frequency peer: unrolled (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Valais”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unlabeled
unlabeled
25,384 corpus weight
- unlikable
unlikable
25,383 corpus weight
- unrighteous…
unrighteousness
25,382 corpus weight
- unrolled
unrolled
25,381 corpus weight
- Valais
Valais
25,379 corpus weight
- ventrally
ventrally
25,373 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Valais” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Valais |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /væˈleɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Valais” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Valais is uncommon English at frequency #74,622 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /væˈleɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A canton of Switzerland (the French name)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Valais, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Valais. The correct English form is Valais, spelled V-A-L-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1A canton of Switzerland (the French name)
Etymology
Borrowed from French Valais.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).