valuable
val·u·ab·le/ˈvælju(ə)bl̩/adjective, noun
valuable is spelled V-A-L-U-A-B-L-E, 4 syllables: val·u·ab·le. The wrong spelling people search most is valueable: about 110 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 16 of all searches for the word. Valuable is an adjective meaning “Having a great value”.
How many letters and syllables are in valuable?
| Letters | 8: V-A-L-U-A-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: val·u·ab·le |
| In writing | 32 times per million words; the 2,941st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, valueable, about 110 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search |
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).
How do you spell valuable?
Valuable is spelled V-A-L-U-A-B-L-E. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for valuable in either form.
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). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is valuable?
Valuable appears 32 times per million words in written English, the 2,941st 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 valuable?
- /ˈvælju(ə)bl̩/
- /ˈvæljəbl̩/
Valuable has 4 syllables, split val·u·ab·le in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-valuable.ogg, En-us-valuable.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with valuable
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of valuable
- more valuable comparative
- most valuable superlative
- valuables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does valuable mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a great value.
valuable gemstones
- 2
Estimable; deserving esteem.
a valuable friend; a valuable companion
noun
- 1
A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value.
One particular valuable is a gemstone mosaic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Valuable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | précieux , valeur |
| German | wertvoll , Wertgegenstand, Wertsache |
| Portuguese | valioso, valorável |
| Spanish | valioso |
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 valuable come from?
From value + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).