Which to use
“valeur” and “valeurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #678
- “valeur” frequency rank
- #1,127
- “valeurs” frequency rank
- 1805
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valeur | valeurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité ou justesse d’une chose, d’une idée, d’un ouvrage. | Pluriel de valeur. |
Same sound, different letters: valeur vs valeurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. valeur runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against valeurs's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - valeur / valeurs
This is the hard kind. valeur and valeurs are pronounced identically (\va.lœʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “valeur” sits inside “valeurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valeur is recorded at frequency rank #678, classified as anoun, pronounced \va.lœʁ\. valeurs is at rank #1,127, tagged as anoun, pronounced \va.lœʁ\.
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 1805, this pair ranks #437,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of valeur vs valeurs
Shared letters: aelruv. Private to "valeur": -. Private to "valeurs": s.
"valeur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "valeurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "valeur" for "valeurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "valeur" vs "valeurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "valeur" / "valeurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "valeur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "valeurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #437,365 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valeur" and "valeurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valeur vs valser". 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 #437,365 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.