Which to use
“valeurs” and “velours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,127
- “valeurs” frequency rank
- #12,496
- “velours” frequency rank
- 13623
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valeurs | velours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de valeur. | Étoffe à poil court et serré. |
Where the eye mixes valeurs and velours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. valeurs and velours follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: valeurs vs velours
A purely visual mix-up. valeurs (\va.lœʁ\) and velours (\və.luʁ\) 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 13623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valeurs is recorded at frequency rank #1,127, classified as anoun, pronounced \va.lœʁ\. velours is at rank #12,496, tagged as anoun, pronounced \və.luʁ\.
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 13623, this pair ranks #400,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of valeurs vs velours
Shared letters: elrsuv. Private to "valeurs": a. Private to "velours": o.
"valeurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "velours" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "valeurs" for "velours" ever safe?
Which is more common, "valeurs" or "velours"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "valeurs" and "velours" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "valeurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "velours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valeurs" and "velours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velours vs velouté". 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 #400,243 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.