Which to use
“valez” is a verb and “vallée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,199
- “valez” frequency rank
- #2,697
- “vallée” frequency rank
- 38896
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valez | vallée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de valoir. | Espace resserré entre deux ou plusieurs montagnes. |
Same sound, different letters: valez vs vallée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. valez runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against vallée's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - valez and vallée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: valez and vallée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \va.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38896, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valez is recorded at frequency rank #36,199, classified as averb, pronounced \va.le\. vallée is at rank #2,697, tagged as anoun, 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 38896, this pair ranks #252,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of valez vs vallée
Shared letters: aelv. Private to "valez": z. Private to "vallée": é.
"valez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "vallée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- valez ← avlez · vaelz · valezz · vallez · valze · vlaez · vvalez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "valez" and "vallée" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "valez" or "vallée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "valez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vallée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,029 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valez" and "vallée" 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 #252,029 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.