Which to use
“valises” and “vallées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,966
- “valises” frequency rank
- #10,098
- “vallées” frequency rank
- 21064
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valises | vallées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de valise. | Pluriel de vallée. |
Where the eye mixes valises and vallées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses valises with vallées
A purely visual mix-up. valises (\va.liz\) and vallées (\va.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21064, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valises is recorded at frequency rank #10,966, classified as anoun, pronounced \va.liz\. 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 21064, this pair ranks #365,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of valises vs vallées
Shared letters: aelsv. Private to "valises": i. Private to "vallées": é.
"valises" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "vallées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- valises ← avlises · vailses · valiess · valisess · valisses · vallises · valsies · vlaises
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "valises" and "vallées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "valises" or "vallées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "valises" and "vallées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "valises" 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 #365,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valises" and "vallées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valises vs valorisés". 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 #365,043 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.