valor

//vɐ.ˈloɾ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#639

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

valor is aPortuguesenoun. It means: qualidade que distingue algo em comparação aos seus iguais; medida da importância de algo Pronounced /vɐ.ˈloɾ/. It ranks #639 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with vão and vaso.

Key facts for valor
PropertyValue
Headwordvalor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɐ.ˈloɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#639
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of valor in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for valor is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vɐ.ˈloɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #639 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for valor, with forms such as "avlor", "vallor", and "valorr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "vão", "vaso", "velo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is valor, spelled V-A-L-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade que distingue algo em comparação aos seus iguais; medida da importância de algo
  2. 2
    preço
  3. 3
    importância
  4. 4
    qualidade inerente a um bem ou serviço que traduz o seu grau de utilidade
  5. 5
    valia
  6. 6
    estimação
  7. 7
    coragem
  8. 8
    mérito
  9. 9
    duração de uma figura musical
  10. 10
    sentido particular
  11. 11
    sentido de uma palavra limitado ou precisado pelo contexto a que pertence, isto é, pela relação que estabelece com outros termos
  12. 12
    o próprio juízo
  13. 13
    virtude de quem é forte, audaz, corajoso, valente, vigoroso

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: avlor,vallor,valorr,valro,vaolr,vlaor,vvalor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for valor

Misspelling Variants of "valor"

avlor5vallor6valorr6valro5vaolr5vlaor5vvalor6
Misspelling Variants of "valor"

Frequency rank: #639 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "valor"?
"valor" is spelled V-A-L-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /vɐ.ˈloɾ/.
What does "valor" mean?
As a noun, "valor" means: qualidade que distingue algo em comparação aos seus iguais; medida da importância de algo
What words are commonly confused with "valor"?
"valor" is commonly confused with "vão", "vaso", "velo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "valor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "valor" is /vɐ.ˈloɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "valor" come from?
"valor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.