valour
/ˈvælɚ/noun
valour is spelled V-A-L-O-U-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “valor vs valour” about 40 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, valour means “Individually sustained verve or passion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of valour is valours.
How many letters and syllables are in valour?
| Letters | 6: V-A-L-O-U-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,393rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is valour?
Valour appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,393rd 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 valour?
- UK /ˈvælə/
- US /ˈvælɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-valor.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-valour.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with valour
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: valor.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with valour?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as valour from its last stressed vowel (/æləɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ovular.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of valour
- valours plural
- valor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does valour mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKIndividually sustained verve or passion.
Valor wins the battle, not death!
- 2
UKValue; worth.
- 3
UKStrength of mind in regard to danger; the quality that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; a feeling of upstanding bravery against adversity.
- 4
UKdatedA brave man; a man of valour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Valour in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense strength of mind in regard to danger:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | héroïsme, courage |
| German | Tapferkeit, Heldenmut, Mannhaftigkeit |
| Portuguese | bravura, valentia |
| Spanish | valor, valía, valer, valoría |
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.
Where does valour come from?
From Middle English valour, from Anglo-Norman valour, from Latin valor. Doublet of valure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).