Which to use
“vice” and “voices” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,024
- “vice” frequency rank
- #3,993
- “voices” frequency rank
- 6017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vice | voices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bad or immoral behaviour. | plural of voice |
Where the eye mixes vice and voices
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vice runs 4 letters (CVCV) against voices's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vice vs voices
A purely visual mix-up. vice (/vaɪs/) and voices (/ˈvɔɪsɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vice is recorded at frequency rank #2,024, classified as anoun, pronounced /vaɪs/. voices is at rank #3,993, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɔɪsɪz/.
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 6017, this pair ranks #513,108 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vice vs voices
Shared letters: ceiv. Private to "vice": -. Private to "voices": os.
"vice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "voices" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vice" and "voices" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "vice" vs "voices" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vice" and "voices" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vice" 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 #513,108 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vice" and "voices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaca vs vice". 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 #513,108 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.