valeriana
[baleˈɾjana]
The verdict
“valeriana” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,187 among 12,062 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,187
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12,062
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Valeriana officinalis) Planta perenne de la familia Valerianaceae, de hojas pinnadas y flores rosadas agrupadas en corimbo. Se utiliza como sedante y parece provocar efectos placenteros para los g...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | valeriana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baleˈɾjana] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,187 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “valeriana” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
valeriana is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,187 among 12,062 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baleˈɾjana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Valeriana officinalis) Planta perenne de la familia Valerianaceae, de hojas pinnadas y flores rosadas agrupadas en corimbo. Se utiliza como sedante y parece provocar efectos placenteros para los g...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for valeriana, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is valeriana, spelled V-A-L-E-R-I-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1(Valeriana officinalis) Planta perenne de la familia Valerianaceae, de hojas pinnadas y flores rosadas agrupadas en corimbo. Se utiliza como sedante y parece provocar efectos placenteros para los gatos.
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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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “valeriana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-A-L-E-R-I-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baleˈɾjana] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.