valorous
/ˈvælərəs/
"valorous" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“valorous” is an uncommon English word, ranked #90,036 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #90,036
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having or displaying valour.
| 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) |
Where “valorous” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for valorous is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈvælərəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #90,036 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “valorous”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-A-L-O-R-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.