Which to use
“valider” and “validés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,478
- “valider” frequency rank
- #28,010
- “validés” frequency rank
- 36488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valider | validés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre valide ou déclarer valide. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe valider. |
Same sound, different letters: valider vs validés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - valider / validés
This is the hard kind. valider and validés are pronounced identically (\va.li.de\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valider is recorded at frequency rank #8,478, classified as averb, pronounced \va.li.de\. 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 36488, this pair ranks #269,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of valider vs validés
Shared letters: adilv. Private to "valider": er. Private to "validés": sé.
"valider" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "validés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- valider ← avlider · vailder · valdier · validder · validerr · validre · valiedr · vallider
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "valider" and "validés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "valider" vs "validés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "valider" / "validés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "valider" 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 #269,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valider" and "validés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valident vs validés". 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 #269,227 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.