Which to use
“vaillant” and “vaillants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,261
- “vaillant” frequency rank
- #35,766
- “vaillants” frequency rank
- 52027
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vaillant | vaillants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a de la vaillance, qui est courageux. | Masculin pluriel de vaillant. |
Same sound, different letters: vaillant vs vaillants
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. vaillant runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against vaillants's 9 (CVVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - vaillant / vaillants
This is the hard kind. vaillant and vaillants are pronounced identically (\va.jɑ̃\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vaillant” sits inside “vaillants”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vaillant is recorded at frequency rank #16,261, classified as anadj, pronounced \va.jɑ̃\. vaillants is at rank #35,766, tagged as anadj, pronounced \va.jɑ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52027, this pair ranks #150,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vaillant vs vaillants
Shared letters: ailntv. Private to "vaillant": -. Private to "vaillants": s.
"vaillant" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "vaillants" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vaillant" for "vaillants" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vaillant" vs "vaillants" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "vaillant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vaillants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,697 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vaillant" and "vaillants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaillante vs vaillants". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #150,697 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.