valide

\va.lid\

/\va.lid\/ adj

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The verdict

“valide” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,258
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est valable, qui a les conditions requises par la loi pour produire son effet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-valide · valide · French

valide · rank #7,258 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,258
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH unanimité

Nearest frequency peer: unanimité (-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 « valide »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « valide » 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).

valide vs vide
67% similar
valide vs value
67% similar
valide vs varié
50% similar

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

Key facts for valide
PropertyValue
Headwordvalide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\va.lid\
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,258
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « valide »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « unanimité » (#7,257), « venger » (#7,259), « témoigner » (#7,256). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « valide » est au #7,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around valide (IPA \va.lid\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,258 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for valide, with forms such as "avlide", "vailde", and "valdie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "vide", "value", "varié", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is valide, spelled V-A-L-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est valable, qui a les conditions requises par la loi pour produire son effet.
  2. 2
    Qui a été recoupé et vérifié avec plusieurs sources.
  3. 3
    Qui est sain, vigoureux, en bonne santé.
  4. 4
    Qui est apte à travailler ; qui n'a aucun handicap.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cet acte n’est pas valide. — Il faut faire homologuer ce contrat au tribunal, pour le rendre plus valide.
  2. Le baptême des luthériens, des calvinistes est valide.

Antonyms

invalidehandicapé

This word in other languages

valid(English)válido(Español)gesund(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avlide
  • vailde
  • valdie
  • validde
  • valied
  • vallide
  • vlaide
  • vvalide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of valide - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

avlide2vailde2valdie2validde1valied2vallide1vlaide2vvalide1
Edit distance from "valide"

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 "valide"?
"valide" is spelled V-A-L-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \va.lid\.
What does "valide" mean?
As an adjective, "valide" means: Qui est valable, qui a les conditions requises par la loi pour produire son effet.
What words are commonly confused with "valide"?
"valide" is commonly confused with "vide", "value", "varié". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "valide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valide" is \va.lid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valide" come from?
"valide" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "valide", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

venger#7,259achevé#7,267suivis#7,248sourit#7,247

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

amours8 variantsarrange8 variantsrigole8 variantspéter8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list