vinvsvoidTell them apart

Quick tell: vin is a verb, void is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vin” is a verb and “void” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,407
“vin” frequency rank
#42,240
“void” frequency rank
71647
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vin void
Definition 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs vij „(an)kommen“ nichts sinnvolles oder nichts bewirkend

Letter map: vin vs void

Shared letters muted; letters that set vin and void apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
vin
4 ch
void

Grammar separator: vin vs void

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vin is averb and voidanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vin is recorded at frequency rank #29,407, classified as averb, pronounced […]. void is at rank #42,240, tagged as anadj, pronounced [vɔɪd].

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 71647, this pair ranks #410,880 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vin vs void

Shared letters: iv. Private to "vin": n. Private to "void": do.

"vin" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "void" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voidovid · viod · vodi · voidd · vvoid

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vin" and "void" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vin" is a verb and "void" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "vin" or "void" show up more?
"vin" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,407 in our German list, against #42,240 for "void". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vin" and "void".

  • Full dictionary entry for "vin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "void" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #410,880 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vin" and "void" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "void vs voip". 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 #410,880 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