valise

\va.liz\

/\va.liz\/ noun

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The verdict

“valise” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,907
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite malle de voyage, qu’on porte à la main.

Corpus desk

Index FR-valise · valise · French

valise · rank #6,907 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,907
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH URSS

Nearest frequency peer: URSS (-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 « valise »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « valise » 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).

valise vs visé
50% similar
valise vs vase
67% similar
valise vs Valls
50% similar

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

Key facts for valise
PropertyValue
Headwordvalise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.liz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,907
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « valise »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).valisese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « URSS » (#6,906), « veiller » (#6,908), « turcs » (#6,905). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « valise » est au #6,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around valise (IPA \va.liz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,907 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for valise, with forms such as "avlise", "vailse", and "valies". 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, "visé", "vase", "Valls", 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 is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is valise, spelled V-A-L-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite malle de voyage, qu’on porte à la main.
  2. 2
    Désigne aussi le contenant.
  3. 3
    Ordinateur souvent enfermé dans une petite mallette de protection en plastique rigide, utilisé par les garagistes pour diagnostiquer les pannes automobiles.
  4. 4
    Ordinateur souvent enfermé dans une petite mallette de protection en plastique rigide, utilisé par les garagistes pour diagnostiquer les pannes automobiles.
  5. 5
    Petite malle accrochée sur le porte-bagages d’une moto.
  6. 6
    Partie arrière d’une voiture où l’on range les bagages et autres objets ; son coffre.
  7. 7
    Sillon jugo-palpébral, cerne sous les yeux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle luy dit qu'il tuë le premier qui viendra à sa rencontre, & luy couppe les oreilles, & les mette en sa valise, & puis qu'au milieu de l'estour il face la croix auecques son espee entre les deux pieds de deuant de son cheual, & se iette en fuite.
  2. À toute allure les autobus, les omnibus et les charrettes de commissionnaires voituraient malles et valises vers la gare ; sur les quais envahis, l’exode des hiverneurs d’élite se heurtait à la bousculade des voyageurs de toute espèce.

This word in other languages

suitcase(English)maleta(Español)Koffer(Deutsch)mala(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avlise
  • vailse
  • valies
  • valisse
  • vallise
  • valsie
  • vlaise
  • vvalise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avlise2vailse2valies2valisse1vallise1valsie2vlaise2vvalise1
Edit distance from "valise"

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 "valise"?
"valise" is spelled V-A-L-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \va.liz\.
What does "valise" mean?
As a noun, "valise" means: Petite malle de voyage, qu’on porte à la main.
What words are commonly confused with "valise"?
"valise" is commonly confused with "visé", "vase", "Valls". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "valise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valise" is \va.liz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valise" come from?
"valise" 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 "valise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Wilson#6,912équipé#6,917abattu#6,918sphère#6,894

Similar misspelling depth

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

veiller8 variantssonore8 variantssoeurs8 variantsbouffer8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list