eastvsvoicesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: east is a noun, voices is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“east” is a noun and “voices” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,842
“east” frequency rank
#37,294
“voices” frequency rank
48136
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature east voices
Definition Ost(en) (Himmelsrichtung) 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs voice

Letter map: east vs voices

Shared letters muted; letters that set east and voices apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. east runs 4 letters (VVCC) against voices's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
east
6 ch
voices

Grammar separator: east vs voices

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: east is anoun and voicesaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

east is recorded at frequency rank #10,842, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. voices is at rank #37,294, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 48136, this pair ranks #1,259,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of east vs voices

Shared letters: es. Private to "east": at. Private to "voices": ciov.

"east" · 4 letters · shape VVCC  ·  "voices" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eastaest · easst · eastt · eats · esat
  • voicesovices · vioces · vocies · voicces · voicess · voicse · voiecs · vvoices

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "east" and "voices" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "east" is a noun and "voices" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "east" or "voices"?
"east" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,842 in our German list, against #37,294 for "voices". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "east" vs "voices" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "east" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,259,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "east" and "voices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs voices". 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 #1,259,518 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list