vallée

\va.le\

/\va.le\/ noun

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The verdict

“vallée” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,697
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espace resserré entre deux ou plusieurs montagnes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vallee · vallée · French

vallée · rank #2,697 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,697
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH tentative

Nearest frequency peer: tentative (-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 « vallée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vallée » 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).

vallée vs ville
67% similar
vallée vs Valls
50% similar
vallée vs volée
67% similar

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

Key facts for vallée
PropertyValue
Headwordvallée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\va.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,697
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vallée »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).valléese 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 « tentative » (#2,696), « égard » (#2,698), « solide » (#2,695). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vallée » est au #2,697. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vallée (IPA \va.le\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,697 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vallée, with forms such as "avllée", "vallee", and "valleé". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ville", "Valls", "volée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 vallée, spelled V-A-L-L-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espace resserré entre deux ou plusieurs montagnes.
  2. 2
    Bassin d’un cours d’eau.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […]; et il s’engagea dans une sente qui, par la vallée, mène au bois de Pied-Fontaine.
  2. Le plateau sur lequel est assise la cité de Carcassonne commande la vallée de l’Aude, qui coule au pied de ce plateau, […].

This word in other languages

valley(English)valle(Español)Tal(Deutsch)vale(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avllée
  • vallee
  • valleé
  • valée
  • valéle
  • vlalée
  • vvallée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avllée2vallee1valleé2valée1valéle2vlalée2vvallée1
Edit distance from "vallée"

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 "vallée"?
"vallée" is spelled V-A-L-L-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \va.le\.
What does "vallée" mean?
As a noun, "vallée" means: Espace resserré entre deux ou plusieurs montagnes.
What words are commonly confused with "vallée"?
"vallée" is commonly confused with "ville", "Valls", "volée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vallée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vallée" is \va.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vallée" come from?
"vallée" 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 "vallée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

solide#2,695réelle#2,694prénom#2,691courir#2,707

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

poche7 variantsmicro7 variantsdélai7 variantsmener7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list