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 |
Letter map: voice vs voices
Shared letters muted; letters that set voice and voices apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. voice runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against voices's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - voice and voices
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voice" for "voices" ever safe?
Frequency check: "voice" vs "voices" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "voice" and "voices". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "voice" 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 #1,216,902 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voice" 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 #1,216,902 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.