reviewsvsvoicesConfusable pair

Which to use

“reviews” and “voices” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,812
“reviews” frequency rank
#37,294
“voices” frequency rank
54106
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reviews voices
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs review 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs voice

Letter map: reviews vs voices

Shared letters muted; letters that set reviews and voices apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. reviews runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against voices's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
reviews
6 ch
voices

Pair insight - reviews / voices

reviews and voices are indexed as a confusable German 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 54106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reviews is recorded at frequency rank #16,812, classified as averb, 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 54106, this pair ranks #1,031,862 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reviews vs voices

Shared letters: eisv. Private to "reviews": rw. Private to "voices": co.

"reviews" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "voices" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reviewserviews · reivews · reveiws · reviesw · reviewss · reviewws · reviwes · revviews
  • voicesovices · vioces · vocies · voicces · voicess · voicse · voiecs · vvoices

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reviews" and "voices" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Frequency check: "reviews" vs "voices" - which ranks higher?
"reviews" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,812 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reviews" 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 #1,031,862 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reviews" 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 #1,031,862 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