valiance
noun
valiance is a noun meaning “The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-A-L-I-A-N-C-E, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of valiance is valiances.
What does valiance mean?
noun
- 1
The quality of being valiant; heroism, bravery or valour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of valiance
- valiances plural
- valiaunce
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is valiance?
Valiance appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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).
Valiance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality of being valiant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vaillance |
| German | Beherztheit, Tapferkeit, Valianz, Heldenmut, Mut, Kühnheit |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does valiance come from?
From Middle English valiaunce, from Anglo-Norman vaillaunce and Old French vaillance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).