valuation
/ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/
"valuation" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“valuation” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #10,474 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,474
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An estimation of something's worth.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | valuation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “valuation” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for valuation is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #10,474 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for valuation, with forms such as "avluation", "valaution", and "valluation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "variation", "vacation", "validation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French valuation, noun of action from valuer, from Old French valoir. The correct English form is valuation, spelled V-A-L-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An estimation of something's worth.
- 2The process of estimating the value of a financial asset or liability.
- 3An assignment of truth values to propositional variables, with a corresponding assignment of truth values to all propositional formulas with those variables (obtained through the recursive application of truth-valued functions corresponding to the logical connectives making up those formulas).
- 4A structure, and the corresponding assignment of a truth value to each sentence in the language for that structure.
- 5A measure of size or multiplicity.
- 6A map from the class of open sets of a topological space to the set of positive real numbers including infinity.
Etymology
From Middle French valuation, noun of action from valuer, from Old French valoir.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: avluation,valaution,valluation,valuaiton,valuasion,valuatino,valuationn,valuatoin,valuattion,valutaion,vaulation,vlauation,vvaluation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of valuation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “valuation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-A-L-U-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “variation” - see the side-by-side comparison. valuation vs variation
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.