value
/ˈvæl.juː/
"value" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“value” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #745 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #745
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; 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 | value |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvæl.juː/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “value” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for value is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈvæl.juː/. Corpus data places it at rank #745 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for value, with forms such as "avlue", "valeu", and "vallue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vile", "vase", "vape", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”). The correct English form is value, spelled V-A-L-U-E.
Definition
- 1The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
- 2The degree of importance given to something.
- 3That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
- 4The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
- 5The relative duration of a musical note.
- 6The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
- 7Any definite numerical quantity or other mathematical object, determined by being measured, computed, or otherwise defined.
- 8Precise meaning; import.
- 9The valuable ingredients to be obtained by treating a mass or compound; specifically, the precious metals contained in rock, gravel, etc.
- 10Esteem; regard.
- 11Valour.
Etymology
From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: avlue,valeu,vallue,vaule,vlaue,vvalue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of value - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “value”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-A-L-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈvæl.juː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vile” - see the side-by-side comparison. value vs vile
- 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.