# valiant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈvæliənt/ · frequency rank #19,498

## Definitions
1. Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.
2. Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.

## Etymology
From Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin valēre (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“powerful, strong; to rule”).

## Easily confused with
- **variant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valiant-vs-variant)
- **variants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valiant-vs-variants)
- **valiantly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valiant-vs-valiantly)
- **vacant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vacant-vs-valiant)
- **vagrant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vagrant-vs-valiant)

## Common misspellings (10)
`avliant`, `vailant`, `valaint`, `valiannt`, `valiantt`, `valiatn`, `valinat`, `valliant`, `vlaiant`, `vvaliant`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/valiant