valoir la peine
\va.lwaʁ la pɛn\
The verdict
“valoir la peine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mériter que l’on fasse des efforts.
Corpus desk
Index FR-valoir-la-peine · valoir la peine · French
valoir la peine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | valoir la peine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \va.lwaʁ la pɛn\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « valoir la peine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
valoir la peine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \va.lwaʁ la pɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mériter que l’on fasse des efforts.".
No misspelling variants are generated for valoir la peine in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is valoir la peine, spelled V-A-L-O-I-R- -L-A- -P-E-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Mériter que l’on fasse des efforts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how valoir la peine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les époques de leurs mues devançant toujours celles de la masse, si leur nombre n’en vaut pas la peine, c’est un surcroît de soin dont on fait bien de se débarrasser. Mais lorsqu’on recueille les avant-coureurs d’une grande quantité d’œufs, cela en vaut la peine, et je puis affirmer d’après bon nombre d’expériences que j’ai faites là dessus, que ces vers…
— Tu nous joueras bien un peu quelques fantaisies ? dîmes-nous. — Si les choses en valent la peine, dit-il, pourquoi pas ? Eh bien, on allait s’arranger pour que les choses en vaillent la peine.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.