valider

\va.li.de\

/\va.li.de\/ verb

The verdict

“valider” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,478. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,478
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre valide ou déclarer valide.

Corpus desk

Index FR-valider · valider · French

valider · rank #8,478 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,478
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH urbains

Nearest frequency peer: urbains (-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 « valider »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « valider » 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).

valider vs vider
71% similar
valider vs valise
71% similar
valider vs varier
71% similar

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

Key facts for valider
PropertyValue
Headwordvalider
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\va.li.de\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,478
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « valider »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.validerse 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 « urbains » (#8,477), « vends » (#8,479), « UNESCO » (#8,476). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « valider » est au #8,478. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around valider (IPA \va.li.de\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,478 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for valider, with forms such as "avlider", "vailder", and "valdier". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "vider", "valise", "varier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists 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 valider, spelled V-A-L-I-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre valide ou déclarer valide.
  2. 2
    Confirmer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le 13 mai 1781, treize signataires valident la première nomination d’un « collecteur des deniers pour la confection de la grand’route ».
  2. Or, il est constant que la loi romaine autorisait, validait ces unions contractées par suite du divorce.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avlider
  • vailder
  • valdier
  • validder
  • validerr
  • validre
  • valiedr
  • vallider
  • vlaider
  • vvalider

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of valider - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

avlider2vailder2valdier2validder1validerr1validre2valiedr2vallider1
Edit distance from "valider"

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 "valider"?
"valider" is spelled V-A-L-I-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \va.li.de\.
What does "valider" mean?
As a verb, "valider" means: Rendre valide ou déclarer valide.
What words are commonly confused with "valider"?
"valider" is commonly confused with "vider", "valise", "varier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "valider"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valider" is \va.li.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valider" come from?
"valider" 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 "valider", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list