vide vs voice, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“vide” is a verb and “voice” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,399
“vide” frequency rank: #918
“voice” frequency rank: 32317
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vide	voice
Definition	divide (separate into parts, cleave asunder)	Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set vide and voice apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

vide

5 ch

voice

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vide is /vaɪd/ while voice is /vɔɪs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vide is recorded at frequency rank #31,399, classified as averb, pronounced /vaɪd/. voice is at rank #918, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vɔɪs/.

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 32317, this pair ranks #338,812 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vide vs voice

Shared letters: eiv. Private to "vide": d. Private to "voice": co.

"vide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "voice" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

vide ← ivde · vdie · vidde · vied · vvide
voice ← ovice · vioce · vocie · voicce · voiec · vvoice

Frequency comparison

vide#31,399

voice#918

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vide" and "voice" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vide" is a verb and "voice" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "vide" or "voice"?

"voice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #918 in our English list, against #31,399 for "vide". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering vide vs voice

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “vide”; for a noun, it's “voice”.
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