valent

\val\

/\val\/ verb

The verdict

“valent” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,768
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de valoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-valent · valent · French

valent · rank #6,768 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,768
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vaincre

Nearest frequency peer: vaincre (-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 « valent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « valent » 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).

valent vs vent
67% similar
valent vs vient
67% similar
valent vs volet
67% similar

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

Key facts for valent
PropertyValue
Headwordvalent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\val\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,768
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « valent »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vaincre » (#6,767), « victoria » (#6,769), « vaches » (#6,766). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « valent » est au #6,768. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around valent (IPA \val\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,768 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de valoir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for valent, with forms such as "avlent", "vaelnt", and "valennt". 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, "vent", "vient", "volet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is valent, spelled V-A-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de valoir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how valent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sauf à considérer que les règles de droit ne valent d’être respectées que si elles vont dans le sens voulu par chacun, cette décision délégitime, si besoin était, le recours à l’action violente que certains justifient quand ils n’obtiennent pas gain de cause…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avlent
  • vaelnt
  • valennt
  • valentt
  • valetn
  • vallent
  • valnet
  • vlaent
  • vvalent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avlent2vaelnt2valennt1valentt1valetn2vallent1valnet2vlaent2
Edit distance from "valent"

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 "valent"?
"valent" is spelled V-A-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \val\.
What does "valent" mean?
As a verb, "valent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de valoir.
What words are commonly confused with "valent"?
"valent" is commonly confused with "vent", "vient", "volet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "valent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valent" is \val\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valent" come from?
"valent" 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 "valent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list