Vallières

\va.ljɛʁ\

/\va.ljɛʁ\/ name

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The verdict

“Vallières” is uncommon French (frequency #50,568 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,568
frequency rank, French
148,117
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aube.

Key facts for Vallières
PropertyValue
HeadwordVallières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\va.ljɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,568
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Vallières” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Vallières lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vallières is uncommon French at frequency #50,568 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \va.ljɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vallières, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Vallières, spelled V-A-L-L-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aube.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Haute-Savoie intégrée à la commune de Vallières-sur-Fier en janvier 2019.
  3. 3
    Ancien nom de la commune française Vallière.
  4. 4
    Ancien nom de la commune française Vallières-lès-Metz.
  5. 5
    Hameau français de la commune de Thorigny-sur-Oreuse.

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 "Vallières"?
"Vallières" is spelled V-A-L-L-I-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \va.ljɛʁ\.
What does "Vallières" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vallières" means: Commune française, située dans le département de l’Aube.
How do you pronounce "Vallières"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vallières" is \va.ljɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vallières" come from?
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Using “Vallières”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is V-A-L-L-I-È-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \va.ljɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list