Valentine's

Name: Valentine's, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Valentine's” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,980. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,980
frequency rank, English: 969
“V” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ellipsis of Valentine's Day.

Corpus desk

Index EN-valentine-s · Valentine's · English

Valentine's · rank #9,980 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #9,980
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-MID 969
PHOTO-FINISH variant

Nearest frequency peer: variant (+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.

Uganda

90,025
unwanted

90,023
Valentine's

90,021
variant

90,020
vegetarian

90,019
Vernon

90,018

What this shows “Valentine's” 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).

Valentine's vs valentine

73% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Valentine's
Property	Value
Headword	Valentine's
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#9,980
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Valentine's”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Valentine'slands here:

#9,980

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “variant” (#9,981), “unwanted” (#9,978), “vegetarian” (#9,982). Among 969 “V” headwords, “Valentine's” is #9,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around Valentine's, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,980 among 969 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ellipsis of Valentine's Day.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Valentine's, with forms such as "avlentine's", "vaelntine's", and "valenitne's". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "valentine", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Valentine's, spelled V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E-'-S.

Definition

1
Ellipsis of Valentine's Day.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Valentine's appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Samantha pressed the garish Valentine’s card to her still flushed cheek one more time, for it had been a particularly long time since she had received the last gift.
A small dot of blood, red as a Valentine’s rose, bloomed against her alabaster skin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

avlentine's
vaelntine's
valenitne's
valenntine's
valentien's
valentin'es
valentine'ss
valentines'
valentinne's
valentnie's
valenttine's
valetnine's
vallentine's
valnetine's
vlaentine's
vvalentine's

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Valentine's - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Valentine's"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Valentine's"?

"Valentine's" is spelled V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N-E-'-S.

What does "Valentine's" mean?

As a proper noun, "Valentine's" means: Ellipsis of Valentine's Day.

What words are commonly confused with "Valentine's"?

"Valentine's" is commonly confused with "valentine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "Valentine's" come from?

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Valentine's", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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