Valençay
\va.lɑ̃.sɛ\
The verdict
“Valençay” is uncommon French (frequency #94,364 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,364
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Indre, dont le château a servi de lieu de captivité de princes espagnols sous Napoléon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-valencay · Valençay · French
Valençay · rank #94,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,364
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH Valensole
Nearest frequency peer: Valensole (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Valençay »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- uru
uru
5,640 corpus weight
- usually
usually
5,639 corpus weight
- Valensole
Valensole
5,638 corpus weight
- Valençay
Valençay
5,637 corpus weight
- valo
valo
5,635 corpus weight
- vapor
vapor
5,634 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Valençay » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Valençay |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \va.lɑ̃.sɛ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #94,364 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Valençay » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Valençay is uncommon French at frequency #94,364 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \va.lɑ̃.sɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Valençay in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Valençay, spelled V-A-L-E-N-Ç-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de l’Indre, dont le château a servi de lieu de captivité de princes espagnols sous Napoléon.
- 2Hameau québécois.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département de l’Indre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Valençay appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un peu de fantaisie vient égayer un instant notre soirée, c’est une histoire qui court le pays. Trois Prussiens (toujours trois !) ont envahi le département, c’est-à-dire qu’ils en ont franchi la limite pour demander de la bière et du tabac dans un cabaret. De plus, ils ont demandé le nom de la localité. En apprenant qu’ils étaient dans l’Indre, ils se so…
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.
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