voice vs voices, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#11,999
“voice” frequency rank: #37,294
“voices” frequency rank: 49293
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	voice	voices
Definition	individuelle Lautwiedergabe eines Menschen	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs voice

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set voice and voices apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

voice

6 ch

voices

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voice is anoun and voicesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “voice” sits inside “voices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voice is recorded at frequency rank #11,999, classified as anoun, pronounced [vɔɪs]. 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 49293, this pair ranks #1,216,902 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voice vs voices

Shared letters: ceiov. Private to "voice": -. Private to "voices": s.

"voice" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "voices" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

voice ← ovice · vioce · vocie · voicce · voiec · vvoice
voices ← ovices · vioces · vocies · voicces · voicess · voicse · voiecs · vvoices

Frequency comparison

voice#11,999

voices#37,294

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "voice" and "voices" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voice" is a noun and "voices" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "voice" or "voices"?

"voice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,999 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.

Remembering voice vs voices

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “voice”; for a verb, it's “voices”.
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