Which to use
“valide” and “varié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,258
- “valide” frequency rank
- #12,083
- “varié” frequency rank
- 19341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valide | varié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est valable, qui a les conditions requises par la loi pour produire son effet. | Qui présente des aspects ou éléments distincts. |
Where the eye mixes valide and varié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: valide vs varié
A purely visual mix-up. valide (\va.lid\) and varié (\va.ʁje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19341, 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\. varié is at rank #12,083, tagged as anadj, pronounced \va.ʁje\.
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 19341, this pair ranks #373,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of valide vs varié
Shared letters: aiv. Private to "valide": del. Private to "varié": ré.
"valide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "varié" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- valide ← avlide · vailde · valdie · validde · valied · vallide · vlaide · vvalide
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "valide" for "varié" ever safe?
Frequency check: "valide" vs "varié" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "valide" and "varié" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "valide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "varié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #373,749 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valide" and "varié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "varié vs Varois". 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 #373,749 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.