Valhalla
\val.a.la\
The verdict
“Valhalla” is uncommon French (frequency #56,347 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,347
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Au-delà de la mythologie nordique, où les Valkyries emmènent les âmes des guerriers les plus valeureux morts au combat pour que le dieu Odin les prépare à la bataille ultime du Ragnarök.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Valhalla |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \val.a.la\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Valhalla” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Valhalla is uncommon French at frequency #56,347 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \val.a.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Valhalla in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Valhalla, spelled V-A-L-H-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Au-delà de la mythologie nordique, où les Valkyries emmènent les âmes des guerriers les plus valeureux morts au combat pour que le dieu Odin les prépare à la bataille ultime du Ragnarök.
- 2Cratère d’impact multi-annulaire sur la surface de Callisto et le plus grand du système solaire.
This word in other languages
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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Using “Valhalla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-A-L-H-A-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \val.a.la\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.