Valdes
"valdes" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Valdes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,998. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,998
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Asturian.
Corpus desk
Index EN-valdes · Valdes · English
Valdes · rank #43,998 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,998
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Uxbridge
Nearest frequency peer: Uxbridge (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Valdes”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- upswing
upswing
56,006 corpus weight
- Uxbridge
Uxbridge
56,004 corpus weight
- Valdes
Valdes
56,003 corpus weight
- Varun
Varun
56,002 corpus weight
- vastness
vastness
56,001 corpus weight
- veganism
veganism
56,000 corpus weight
What this shows “Valdes” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Valdes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,998 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Valdes”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Valdes, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,998 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Valdes, with forms such as "avldes", "vadles", and "valddes". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "vale", "value", "valve", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Valdés, from Asturian Valdés. The correct English form is Valdes, spelled V-A-L-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1A surname from Asturian.
- 2A municipality of Asturias, Spain.
Etymology
From Spanish Valdés, from Asturian Valdés.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avldes
- vadles
- valddes
- valdess
- valdse
- valeds
- valldes
- vlades
- vvaldes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Valdes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).