Vox

[vɔks]

/[vɔks]/ noun

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The verdict

“Vox” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,772) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#17,772
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stimme, Laut

Corpus desk

Index DE-vox · Vox · German

Vox · rank #17,772 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,772
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorsieht

Nearest frequency peer: vorsieht (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Vox“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „Vox“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Vox vs VW
33% similar
Vox vs VR
33% similar
Vox vs VP
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Vox
PropertyValue
HeadwordVox
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[vɔks]
Letters3
Frequency rank#17,772
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Vox“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Voxliegt auf dieser Marke:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „vorsieht“ (#17,771), „Vorräte“ (#17,770), „wechselnde“ (#17,774). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vox“ bei #17,772. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Vox is neighbouring look-alikes ("VW", "VR", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [vɔks]. Frequency #17,772 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Stimme, Laut".

Zero misspellings are on record for Vox in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VW", "VR", "VP", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Vox, spelled V-O-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stimme, Laut

Synonyms

StimmeLaut

This word in other languages

voice(English)voz(Español)voix(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vox"?
"Vox" is spelled V-O-X. The IPA pronunciation is [vɔks].
What does "Vox" mean?
As a noun, "Vox" means: Stimme, Laut
What words are commonly confused with "Vox"?
"Vox" is commonly confused with "VW", "VR", "VP". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Vox"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vox" is [vɔks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vox" come from?
"Vox" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vox", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

UFO#17,747ATP#17,809SEC#17,720did#17,854

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list