Which to use
“valident” and “vident” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,246
- “valident” frequency rank
- #36,648
- “vident” frequency rank
- 80894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valident | vident |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de valider. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de vider. |
Where the eye mixes valident and vident
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. valident runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against vident's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: valident vs vident
A purely visual mix-up. valident (\va.lid\) and vident (\vid\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80894, 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\. vident is at rank #36,648, tagged as averb, pronounced \vid\.
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 80894, this pair ranks #19,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of valident vs vident
Shared letters: deintv. Private to "valident": al. Private to "vident": -.
"valident" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "vident" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "valident" and "vident" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "valident" or "vident"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "valident" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vident" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,899 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valident" and "vident" 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 #19,899 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.