Valmy

/\val.mi\/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,247

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Valmy is aFrenchname. It means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne. Pronounced \val.mi\. Often confused with valu and value.

Key facts for Valmy
PropertyValue
HeadwordValmy
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\val.mi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#44,247
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Valmy in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Valmy is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \val.mi\. Corpus data places it at rank #44,247 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Valmy, with forms such as "avlmy", "vallmy", and "valmmy". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "valu", "value", "valve", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Valmy, spelled V-A-L-M-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne.
  2. 2
    Bataille qui s’y déroula le 20 septembre 1792.
  3. 3
    Quartier de Lyon à l’ouest de la Saône, dans le 9ᵉ arrondissement, rattaché à Vaise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avlmy,vallmy,valmmy,valmyy,valym,vamly,vlamy,vvalmy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Valmy

Misspelling Variants of "Valmy"

avlmy5vallmy6valmmy6valmyy6valym5vamly5vlamy5vvalmy6
Misspelling Variants of "Valmy"

Frequency rank: #44,247 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Valmy"?
"Valmy" is spelled V-A-L-M-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \val.mi\.
What does "Valmy" mean?
As a name, "Valmy" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne.
What words are commonly confused with "Valmy"?
"Valmy" is commonly confused with "valu", "value", "valve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Valmy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Valmy" is \val.mi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Valmy" come from?
"Valmy" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.