vikingvsvotingTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#39,704
“viking” frequency rank
#22,562
“voting” frequency rank
62266
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature viking voting
Definition während der Wikingerzeit (ca 790-1100 n. Chr.) reisende, erforschende und erobernde/plündernde Seefahrer aus dem Norden Europas Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs vote

Letter map: viking vs voting

Shared letters muted; letters that set viking and voting apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
viking
6 ch
voting

Role in the sentence - viking and voting

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: viking is anoun and votingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

viking is recorded at frequency rank #39,704, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. voting is at rank #22,562, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈvoʊtɪŋ].

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 62266, this pair ranks #719,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of viking vs voting

Shared letters: ginv. Private to "viking": k. Private to "voting": ot.

"viking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "voting" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vikingivking · viikng · vikign · vikingg · vikinng · vikking · viknig · vkiing
  • votingovting · voitng · votign · votingg · votinng · votnig · votting · vtoing

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "viking" for "voting" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "viking" is a noun and "voting" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "viking" vs "voting" - which ranks higher?
"voting" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,562 in our German list, against #39,704 for "viking". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "viking" and "voting". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "viking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #719,257 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "viking" and "voting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs viking". 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 #719,257 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