valoir

\va.lwaʁ\

/\va.lwaʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“valoir” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,304
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être d’un certain prix ; avoir un certain mérite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-valoir · valoir · French

valoir · rank #5,304 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,304
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vache

Nearest frequency peer: vache (-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 « valoir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « valoir » 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).

valoir vs voir
67% similar
valoir vs Valois
67% similar
valoir vs valser
67% similar

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

Key facts for valoir
PropertyValue
Headwordvaloir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\va.lwaʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,304
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « valoir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.valoirse 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 « vache » (#5,303), « Walter » (#5,305), « triple » (#5,302). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « valoir » est au #5,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around valoir (IPA \va.lwaʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,304 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for valoir, with forms such as "avloir", "valior", and "valloir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "voir", "Valois", "valser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is valoir, spelled V-A-L-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être d’un certain prix ; avoir un certain mérite.
  2. 2
    Tenir lieu, avoir la valeur, la signification de.
  3. 3
    Rapporter ; donner du profit.
  4. 4
    Procurer ; faire obtenir ; produire.
  5. 5
    Avoir la même valeur.
  6. 6
    Être applicable à.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voilà ce qui fait, quoique nous ne valions pas grand’chose, que nous vaudrons mieux que ne vaudront nos fils.
  2. Grâce à cette mesure protectrice, les petits cultivateurs belges sont assurés de ne pas payer leurs engrais quatre fois ce qu'ils valent, […],

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avloir
  • valior
  • valloir
  • valoirr
  • valori
  • vaolir
  • vlaoir
  • vvaloir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of valoir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

avloir2valior2valloir1valoirr1valori2vaolir2vlaoir2vvaloir1
Edit distance from "valoir"

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 "valoir"?
"valoir" is spelled V-A-L-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \va.lwaʁ\.
What does "valoir" mean?
As a verb, "valoir" means: Être d’un certain prix ; avoir un certain mérite.
What words are commonly confused with "valoir"?
"valoir" is commonly confused with "voir", "Valois", "valser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "valoir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valoir" is \va.lwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valoir" come from?
"valoir" 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 "valoir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 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