valorous
/ˈvælərəs/
"valorous" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“valorous” is uncommon English (frequency #90,036 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,036
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having or displaying valour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-valorous · valorous · English
valorous · rank #90,036 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,036
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH valine
Nearest frequency peer: valine (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “valorous”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- upsilon
upsilon
9,971 corpus weight
- Utena
Utena
9,969 corpus weight
- Vacaville
Vacaville
9,967 corpus weight
- valine
valine
9,966 corpus weight
- valorous
valorous
9,965 corpus weight
- Veloso
Veloso
9,962 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “valorous” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | valorous |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈvælərəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “valorous” in English
Rare enough to double-check
valorous is uncommon English at frequency #90,036 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈvælərəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having or displaying valour.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for valorous, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French valeureux. The correct English form is valorous, spelled V-A-L-O-R-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Having or displaying valour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how valorous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
c. 1490, William Caxton (translator), The Boke of Eneydos, Westminster, Preface, this present booke compyled by virgyle ryght subtyl and Ingenyous oratour & poete Intytuled Eneydos hath be translated oute of latyn in to comyn langage In whiche may alle valyaunt prynces and other nobles see many valorous fayttes of armes.
[…] he esteems himself happy that he hath fallen into the hands of one, as he thinks, the most brave, valorous, and thrice-worthy signieur of England.
Etymology
From Old French valeureux.
Synonyms
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.
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