veiledvsvoidedConfusable pair

Which to use

“veiled” and “voided” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,810
“veiled” frequency rank
#40,959
“voided” frequency rank
61769
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature veiled voided
Definition Covered by a veil. With the centre cut out.

Letter map: veiled vs voided

Shared letters muted; letters that set veiled and voided apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. veiled and voided follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
veiled
6 ch
voided

Spelling & dictionary notes on veiled vs voided

veiled and voided are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

veiled is recorded at frequency rank #20,810, classified as anadj. voided is at rank #40,959, tagged as anadj.

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 61769, this pair ranks #92,341 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of veiled vs voided

Shared letters: deiv. Private to "veiled": l. Private to "voided": o.

"veiled" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "voided" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veiled ← eviled · veield · veilde · veiledd · veilled · velied · vieled · vveiled
  • voided ← ovided · vioded · vodied · voidde · voidded · voidedd · voiedd · vvoided

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "veiled" and "voided" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "veiled" vs "voided" - which ranks higher?
"veiled" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,810 in our English list, against #40,959 for "voided". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "veiled" vs "voided" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "veiled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voided" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #92,341 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "veiled" and "voided" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vide 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 #92,341 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list