Saint-Valentin
\sɛ̃.va.lɑ̃.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“Saint-Valentin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fête des amoureux, célébrée le 14 février.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saint-valentin · Saint-Valentin · French
Saint-Valentin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Saint-Valentin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.va.lɑ̃.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Saint-Valentin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Saint-Valentin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \sɛ̃.va.lɑ̃.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Saint-Valentin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Saint-Valentin, spelled S-A-I-N-T---V-A-L-E-N-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Fête des amoureux, célébrée le 14 février.
- 2Commune française, située dans le département de l’Indre.
- 3Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC du Haut-Richelieu.
- 4Hameau de Châtillon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Saint-Valentin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le 14 février, c’est la Saint-Valentin. Les restaurants sont pleins, les vendeurs de fleurs font des affaires d’or, mais moi, je célèbre ma nouvelle vie.
— Si tu veux fêter un de ces jours la Saint-Valentin. Au secours !
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.