Which to use
“vale” and “valez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,280
- “vale” frequency rank
- #36,199
- “valez” frequency rank
- 63479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vale | valez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de valer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de valoir. |
Where the eye mixes vale and valez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vale runs 4 letters (CVCV) against valez's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vale vs valez
A purely visual mix-up. vale (\val\) and valez (\va.le\) 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 extra letter(s) - “vale” sits inside “valez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vale is recorded at frequency rank #27,280, classified as averb, pronounced \val\. valez is at rank #36,199, tagged as averb, pronounced \va.le\.
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 63479, this pair ranks #81,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vale vs valez
Shared letters: aelv. Private to "vale": -. Private to "valez": z.
"vale" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "valez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vale" and "valez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vale" or "valez"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vale" and "valez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "valez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vale" and "valez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valez vs visez". 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 #81,753 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.