MiguelvsvoicesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#12,346
“Miguel” frequency rank
#37,294
“voices” frequency rank
49640
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Miguel voices
Definition spanischer männlicher Vorname 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs voice

Letter map: Miguel vs voices

Shared letters muted; letters that set Miguel and voices apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Miguel (CVCVVC) and voices (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Miguel
6 ch
voices

Grammar separator: Miguel vs voices

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Miguel is aname and voicesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49640, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Miguel is recorded at frequency rank #12,346, classified as aname, 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 49640, this pair ranks #1,203,835 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Miguel vs voices

Shared letters: ei. Private to "Miguel": glmu. Private to "voices": cosv.

"Miguel" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "voices" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Miguelimguel · mgiuel · migeul · migguel · miguell · migule · miugel · mmiguel
  • voicesovices · vioces · vocies · voicces · voicess · voicse · voiecs · vvoices

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Miguel" and "voices" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Miguel" is a name and "voices" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Miguel" or "voices" show up more?
"Miguel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,346 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

You've compared "Miguel" and "voices". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Miguel" 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 #1,203,835 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Miguel" 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 #1,203,835 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