valiant
va·liant/ˈvæliənt/adjective
valiant is spelled V-A-L-I-A-N-T, 2 syllables: va·liant. The wrong spelling people search most is valient: about 430 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 10 of all searches for the word. Valiant is an adjective meaning “Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic”.
How many letters and syllables are in valiant?
| Letters | 7: V-A-L-I-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: va·liant |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, valient, about 430 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell valiant?
Valiant is spelled V-A-L-I-A-N-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for valiant in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is valiant?
Valiant appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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).
How do you pronounce valiant?
- /ˈvæliənt/
Valiant has 2 syllables, split va·liant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-valiant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of valiant
- more valiant comparative
- most valiant superlative
- valiaunt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does valiant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
A valiant man’s look is more than a coward’s sword.
- 2
Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.
another valiant attempt at rescue
noun
- 1
obsoleteA person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Valiant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense possessing or showing courage or determination:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vaillant, preux |
| German | beherzt, heldenhaft, heroisch, kühn, mannhaft, mutig |
| Portuguese | valente |
| Spanish | valiente, valorudo |
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.