# valid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈvælɪd/ · frequency rank #3,792

## Definitions
1. Well-grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
2. Acceptable, proper or correct; in accordance with the rules.
3. Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
4. Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
5. Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
6. Genuine - as distinguished from efficient or regular - sacrament.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French valide (“healthy, sound, in good order”), from Latin validus, from valeō (“to be strong, to be healthy, to be worth”) + -idus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“be strong”).

## Easily confused with
- **vid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-vid)
- **void** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-void)
- **Vlad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-vlad)
- **value** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-value)
- **valve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-valve)
- **vivid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-vivid)
- **valor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-valor)
- **Valle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-valle)
- **valued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-valued)
- **varied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-varied)
- **Valium** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-valium)
- **val** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/val-vs-valid)
- **vain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vain-vs-valid)
- **vale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vale-vs-valid)
- **vail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vail-vs-valid)
- **valet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valet-vs-valid)
- **Vadim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vadim-vs-valid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`avlid`, `vaild`, `valdi`, `validd`, `vallid`, `vlaid`, `vvalid`

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