valevsvaliaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“vale” and “valia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#576
“vale” frequency rank
#10,289
“valia” frequency rank
10865
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vale valia
Definition planície entre duas montanhas ou colinas valor

Letter map: vale vs valia

Shared letters muted; letters that set vale and valia apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
vale
5 ch
valia

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

vale and valia are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vale is recorded at frequency rank #576, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈva.lɨ/. valia is at rank #10,289, tagged as anoun.

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 10865, this pair ranks #62,119 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vale vs valia

Shared letters: alv. Private to "vale": e. Private to "valia": i.

"vale" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "valia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • valeavle · vael · vlae · vvale
  • valiaavlia · vaila · valai · vallia · vlaia · vvalia

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vale" and "valia" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "vale" or "valia"?
"vale" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #576 in our Portuguese list, against #10,289 for "valia". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list