Which to use
“validées” is a verb and “valises” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,800
- “validées” frequency rank
- #10,966
- “valises” frequency rank
- 45766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | validées | valises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe valider. | Pluriel de valise. |
Where the eye mixes validées and valises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: validées vs valises
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: validées is \va.li.de\ while valises is \va.liz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
validées is recorded at frequency rank #34,800, classified as averb, pronounced \va.li.de\. valises is at rank #10,966, tagged as anoun, pronounced \va.liz\.
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 45766, this pair ranks #200,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of validées vs valises
Shared letters: aeilsv. Private to "validées": dé. Private to "valises": -.
"validées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "valises" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- valises ← avlises · vailses · valiess · valisess · valisses · vallises · valsies · vlaises
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "validées" for "valises" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "validées" or "valises" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "validées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "valises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "validées" and "valises" 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 #200,199 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.