Which to use
“vaillants” and “veillant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,766
- “vaillants” frequency rank
- #32,230
- “veillant” frequency rank
- 67996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vaillants | veillant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de vaillant. | Qui veille, vigilant. |
Where the eye mixes vaillants and veillant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. vaillants runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCCC) against veillant's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vaillants vs veillant
A purely visual mix-up. vaillants (\va.jɑ̃\) and veillant (\ve.jɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vaillants is recorded at frequency rank #35,766, classified as anadj, pronounced \va.jɑ̃\. veillant is at rank #32,230, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ve.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 67996, this pair ranks #61,039 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vaillants vs veillant
Shared letters: ailntv. Private to "vaillants": s. Private to "veillant": e.
"vaillants" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCC · "veillant" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vaillants" and "veillant" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "vaillants" vs "veillant" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vaillants" and "veillant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vaillants" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "veillant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,039 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vaillants" and "veillant" 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 #61,039 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.