Which to use
“veiled” is an adjective and “voiced” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,810
- “veiled” frequency rank
- #10,313
- “voiced” frequency rank
- 31123
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veiled | voiced |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Covered by a veil. | simple past and past participle of voice |
Letter map: veiled vs voiced
Shared letters muted; letters that set veiled and voiced apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. veiled and voiced follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - veiled and voiced
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: veiled is anadjective and voicedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veiled is recorded at frequency rank #20,810, classified as anadj. voiced is at rank #10,313, tagged as averb, pronounced /vɔɪst/.
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 31123, this pair ranks #348,829 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of veiled vs voiced
Shared letters: deiv. Private to "veiled": l. Private to "voiced": co.
"veiled" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "voiced" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "veiled" and "voiced" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "veiled" or "voiced"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "veiled" and "voiced".
- Full dictionary entry for "veiled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voiced" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,829 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "veiled" and "voiced" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veiled vs voided". 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 #348,829 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.