valve

\valv\

/\valv\/ noun

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The verdict

“valve” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,767. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,767
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de clapet qui empêche le retour du sang après son éjection par le cœur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-valve · valve · French

valve · rank #16,767 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,767
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vallon

Nearest frequency peer: vallon (-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 « valve »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « valve » 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).

valve vs vive
60% similar
valve vs volé
40% similar
valve vs vase
60% similar

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

Key facts for valve
PropertyValue
Headwordvalve
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\valv\
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,767
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « valve »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).valvese 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 « vallon » (#16,766), « Valéry » (#16,768), « urne » (#16,765). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « valve » est au #16,767. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around valve (IPA \valv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,767 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for valve, with forms such as "avlve", "valev", and "vallve". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vive", "volé", "vase", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is valve, spelled V-A-L-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de clapet qui empêche le retour du sang après son éjection par le cœur.
  2. 2
    Coquille.
  3. 3
    Pièces qui forment un péricarpe sec.
  4. 4
    Chez les diatomées, unité siliceuse à l’extrémité d'un frustule, lequel est formé par deux valves opposées et leur ceinture de liaison.
  5. 5
    Appareil, système de régulation d'un fluide, parfois il ne permet le passage du fluide que dans un seul sens.
  6. 6
    Dans une université, tableaux officiels d’affichage, protégés par de petites portes vitrées, où sont affichés, par exemple, les horaires de cours ou les résultats d’examens.
  7. 7
    Composant de commutation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il existe deux valves ou valvules dans le cœur humain : la valve tricuspide et la valve mitrale.
  2. Ce mollusque a deux valves, il est bivalve.

This word in other languages

valve(English)valva(Español)Klappe(Deutsch)válvula(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avlve
  • valev
  • vallve
  • valvve
  • vavle
  • vlave
  • vvalve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

avlve2valev2vallve1valvve1vavle2vlave2vvalve1
Edit distance from "valve"

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 "valve"?
"valve" is spelled V-A-L-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \valv\.
What does "valve" mean?
As a noun, "valve" means: Sorte de clapet qui empêche le retour du sang après son éjection par le cœur.
What words are commonly confused with "valve"?
"valve" is commonly confused with "vive", "volé", "vase". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "valve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valve" is \valv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valve" come from?
"valve" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "valve", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

virée#16,773tyran#16,758watts#16,777Zelda#16,780

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

vallon7 variantsécolo7 variantssubis7 variantsaigles7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list