Which to use
“validées” is a verb and “vallées” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,800
- “validées” frequency rank
- #10,098
- “vallées” frequency rank
- 44898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | validées | vallées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe valider. | Pluriel de vallée. |
Where the eye mixes validées and vallées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. validées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against vallées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between validées and vallées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: validées is \va.li.de\ while vallées is \va.le\. 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 44898, 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\. vallées is at rank #10,098, 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 44898, this pair ranks #206,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of validées vs vallées
Shared letters: aelsvé. Private to "validées": di. Private to "vallées": -.
"validées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "vallées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "validées" and "vallées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "validées" or "vallées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "validées" and "vallées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "validées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vallées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "validées" and "vallées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "validées vs valident". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #206,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.