Which to use
“valide” is an adjective and “validées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,258
- “valide” frequency rank
- #34,800
- “validées” frequency rank
- 42058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valide | validées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est valable, qui a les conditions requises par la loi pour produire son effet. | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe valider. |
Where the eye mixes valide and validées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: valide vs validées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: valide is \va.lid\ while validées is \va.li.de\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valide is recorded at frequency rank #7,258, classified as anadj, pronounced \va.lid\. validées is at rank #34,800, tagged as averb, pronounced \va.li.de\.
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 42058, this pair ranks #228,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of valide vs validées
Shared letters: adeilv. Private to "valide": -. Private to "validées": sé.
"valide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "validées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- valide ← avlide · vailde · valdie · validde · valied · vallide · vlaide · vvalide
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "valide" and "validées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "valide" vs "validées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "valide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "validées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valide" and "validées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "validées vs valident". 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 #228,529 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.