valor

/[baˈloɾ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#650

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

valor is aSpanishnoun. It means: Medida de la importancia o utilidad de un ser, de una cosa, de una idea. Pronounced [baˈloɾ]. It ranks #650 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with VOR and vaso.

Key facts for valor
PropertyValue
Headwordvalor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈloɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#650
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of valor in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for valor is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈloɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #650 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for valor, with forms such as "avlor", "balor", and "vallor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VOR", "vaso", "vano", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is valor, spelled V-A-L-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Medida de la importancia o utilidad de un ser, de una cosa, de una idea.
  2. 2
    Cualidad de las cosas, en cuya virtud se da por poseerlas cierta suma de dinero o algo equivalente.
  3. 3
    Cualidad del alma, que mueve a acometer resueltamente grandes empresas y a afrontar sin miedo los peligros.
  4. 4
    Atributo moral, intelectual o físico que se aprecia de alguien.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avlor,balor,vallor,valorr,valro,vaolr,vlaor,vvalor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for valor

Misspelling Variants of "valor"

avlor5balor5vallor6valorr6valro5vaolr5vlaor5vvalor6
Misspelling Variants of "valor"

Frequency rank: #650 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "valor"?
"valor" is spelled V-A-L-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈloɾ].
What does "valor" mean?
As a noun, "valor" means: Medida de la importancia o utilidad de un ser, de una cosa, de una idea.
What words are commonly confused with "valor"?
"valor" is commonly confused with "VOR", "vaso", "vano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "valor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valor" is [baˈloɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valor" come from?
"valor" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.