Which to use
“valide” is an adjective and “validité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,258
- “valide” frequency rank
- #9,573
- “validité” frequency rank
- 16831
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valide | validité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est valable, qui a les conditions requises par la loi pour produire son effet. | Caractère de ce qui est valide ou valable. |
Where the eye mixes valide and validité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: valide vs validité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: valide is \va.lid\ while validité is \va.li.di.te\. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16831, 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\. validité is at rank #9,573, tagged as anoun, pronounced \va.li.di.te\.
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 16831, this pair ranks #386,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of valide vs validité
Shared letters: adilv. Private to "valide": e. Private to "validité": té.
"valide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "validité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- valide ← avlide · vailde · valdie · validde · valied · vallide · vlaide · vvalide
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "valide" and "validité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "valide" or "validité" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "valide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "validité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valide" and "validité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valide 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 #386,056 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.