Which to use
“valident” and “validés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,246
- “valident” frequency rank
- #28,010
- “validés” frequency rank
- 72256
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valident | validés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de valider. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe valider. |
Where the eye mixes valident and validés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. valident runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against validés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between valident and validés
A purely visual mix-up. valident (\va.lid\) and validés (\va.li.de\) 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 72256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valident is recorded at frequency rank #44,246, classified as averb, pronounced \va.lid\. validés is at rank #28,010, 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 72256, this pair ranks #44,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of valident vs validés
Shared letters: adilv. Private to "valident": ent. Private to "validés": sé.
"valident" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "validés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- valident ← avlident · vaildent · valdient · validdent · validennt · validentt · validetn · validnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "valident" and "validés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "valident" or "validés"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "valident" and "validés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "valident" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "validés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valident" and "validés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valident vs vident". 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 #44,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.