Which to use
“vale” and “valle” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #576
- “vale” frequency rank
- #14,048
- “valle” frequency rank
- 14624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vale | valle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | planície entre duas montanhas ou colinas | vale |
Letter map: vale vs valle
Shared letters muted; letters that set vale and valle apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Corpus notes: vale and valle
vale and valle 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 14624, 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/. valle is at rank #14,048, 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 14624, this pair ranks #57,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vale vs valle
Shared letters: aelv. Private to "vale": -. Private to "valle": -.
"vale" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "valle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vale" and "valle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vale" or "valle" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vale" and "valle".
- Full dictionary entry for "vale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "valle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vale" and "valle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valle vs vault". 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 #57,401 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.