Valensole

name

The verdict

“Valensole” is uncommon French (frequency #94,363 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,363
frequency rank, French
148,117
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

Key facts for Valensole
PropertyValue
HeadwordValensole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,363
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Valensole” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Valensole lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Valensole is uncommon French at frequency #94,363 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Valensole has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Valensole, spelled V-A-L-E-N-S-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
  2. 2
    Canton français, situé dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

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 "Valensole"?
"Valensole" is spelled V-A-L-E-N-S-O-L-E.
What does "Valensole" mean?
As a proper noun, "Valensole" means: Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
What language does "Valensole" come from?
"Valensole" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Valensole”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is V-A-L-E-N-S-O-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list