valgus

adj

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The verdict

“valgus” is uncommon French (frequency #98,611 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,611
frequency rank, French
148,117
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est dévié vers l’extérieur.

Key facts for valgus
PropertyValue
Headwordvalgus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,611
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “valgus” 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). valgus lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

valgus is uncommon French at frequency #98,611 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractère de ce qui est dévié vers l’extérieur.".

valgus doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is valgus, spelled V-A-L-G-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est dévié vers l’extérieur.

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 "valgus"?
"valgus" is spelled V-A-L-G-U-S.
What does "valgus" mean?
As an adjective, "valgus" means: Caractère de ce qui est dévié vers l’extérieur.
What language does "valgus" come from?
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Using “valgus”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is V-A-L-G-U-S - 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