Valmy

\val.mi\

/\val.mi\/ name

The verdict

“Valmy” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,247
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Marne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-valmy · Valmy · French

Valmy · rank #44,247 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,247
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH valident

Nearest frequency peer: valident (-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 « Valmy »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Valmy » 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).

Valmy vs valu
40% similar
Valmy vs value
40% similar
Valmy vs valve
40% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Valmy »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Valmyse 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 « valident » (#44,246), « Vanves » (#44,248), « Valeria » (#44,245). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Valmy » est au #44,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Valmy (IPA \val.mi\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,247 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Valmy, with forms such as "avlmy", "vallmy", and "valmmy". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "valu", "value", "valve", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Valmy, spelled V-A-L-M-Y.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Français qui étaient sortis de l’Argonne, avaient occupé la colline de Valmy d’où ils canonnèrent les Prussiens. Brunswick dut livrer contre eux une bataille à front renversé ; il fut surpris par l’allant des Français et la vigueur de leur canonnade.
  2. Ce n’est donc que rétrospectivement que les députés prennent conscience que Valmy a fait mieux que sauver la République naissante : elle l’a fondée, comme si le baptême du feu reçu le 20 [septembre 1792] avait permis son onction légale le 22.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avlmy
  • vallmy
  • valmmy
  • valmyy
  • valym
  • vamly
  • vlamy
  • vvalmy

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Valmy - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

avlmy2vallmy1valmmy1valmyy1valym2vamly2vlamy2vvalmy1
Edit distance from "Valmy"

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 "Valmy"?
"Valmy" is spelled V-A-L-M-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \val.mi\.
What does "Valmy" mean?
As a proper noun, "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'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 "Valmy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list