Which to use
“valves” and “vulve” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,351
- “valves” frequency rank
- #40,080
- “vulve” frequency rank
- 74431
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valves | vulve |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tableau d’affichage, dans le contexte étudiant. | Ensemble des organes génitaux externes des filles et des femmes et de certaines femelles de mammifères, constitué principalement des grandes lèvres et des petites lèvres enserrant l’entrée du vagin, du clitoris et du méat urinaire. |
Where the eye mixes valves and vulve
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. valves runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against vulve's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between valves and vulve
A purely visual mix-up. valves (\valv\) and vulve (\vylv\) 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 74431, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valves is recorded at frequency rank #34,351, classified as anoun, pronounced \valv\. vulve is at rank #40,080, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vylv\.
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 74431, this pair ranks #37,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of valves vs vulve
Shared letters: elv. Private to "valves": as. Private to "vulve": u.
"valves" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "vulve" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "valves" for "vulve" ever safe?
Which is more common, "valves" or "vulve"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "valves" and "vulve" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "valves" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vulve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valves" and "vulve" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valves vs Vanves". 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 #37,186 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.