Which to use
“mirror” is a noun and “voices” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,999
- “mirror” frequency rank
- #37,294
- “voices” frequency rank
- 58293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mirror | voices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Spiegel | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs voice |
Letter map: mirror vs voices
Shared letters muted; letters that set mirror and voices apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mirror (CVCCVC) and voices (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - mirror and voices
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mirror is anoun and voicesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mirror is recorded at frequency rank #20,999, 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 58293, this pair ranks #868,406 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mirror vs voices
Shared letters: io. Private to "mirror": mr. Private to "voices": cesv.
"mirror" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "voices" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "mirror" vs "voices" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "mirror" 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 #868,406 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mirror" 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 #868,406 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.