valent
/ˈveɪlənt/adjective
valent is an adjective meaning “Having valence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-L-E-N-T and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does valent mean?
adjective
- 1
Having valence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce valent?
- /ˈveɪlənt/
Valent has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-valent.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of valent
- more valent comparative
- most valent superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is valent?
Valent appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does valent come from?
Back-formation from valence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).