valais

\va.lɛ\

/\va.lɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“valais” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,707
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de valoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-valais · valais · French

valais · rank #19,707 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,707
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH UFC

Nearest frequency peer: UFC (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « valais »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « valais » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

valais vs vrais
67% similar
valais vs Valls
50% similar
valais vs valoir
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for valais
PropertyValue
Headwordvalais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\va.lɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,707
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « valais »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).valaisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « UFC » (#19,706), « vendanges » (#19,708), « tribut » (#19,705). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « valais » est au #19,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around valais (IPA \va.lɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,707 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for valais, with forms such as "avlais", "vaalis", and "valaiss". 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, "vrais", "Valls", "valoir", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is valais, spelled V-A-L-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de valoir.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de valoir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avlais
  • vaalis
  • valaiss
  • valasi
  • valias
  • vallais
  • vlaais
  • vvalais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of valais - 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.

avlais2vaalis2valaiss1valasi2valias2vallais1vlaais2vvalais1
Edit distance from "valais"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "valais"?
"valais" is spelled V-A-L-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \va.lɛ\.
What does "valais" mean?
As a verb, "valais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de valoir.
What words are commonly confused with "valais"?
"valais" is commonly confused with "vrais", "Valls", "valoir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "valais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valais" is \va.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valais" come from?
"valais" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "valais", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tribut#19,705versus#19,709virent#19,710wonder#19,714

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

torts8 variantsVuitton8 variantstenace8 variantsaliens8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list