Which to use
“valent” and “vident” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,768
- “valent” frequency rank
- #36,648
- “vident” frequency rank
- 43416
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valent | vident |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de valoir. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de vider. |
Where the eye mixes valent and vident
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. valent and vident follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: valent vs vident
A purely visual mix-up. valent (\val\) and vident (\vid\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valent is recorded at frequency rank #6,768, classified as averb, pronounced \val\. vident is at rank #36,648, tagged as averb, pronounced \vid\.
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 43416, this pair ranks #218,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of valent vs vident
Shared letters: entv. Private to "valent": al. Private to "vident": di.
"valent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "vident" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "valent" and "vident" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "valent" or "vident"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "valent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vident" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #218,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valent" and "vident" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valident vs vident". 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 #218,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.