videvsvoidedWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vide is a verb, voided is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#31,399
“vide” frequency rank
#40,959
“voided” frequency rank
72358
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vide voided
Definition divide (separate into parts, cleave asunder) With the centre cut out.

Letter map: vide vs voided

Shared letters muted; letters that set vide and voided apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. vide runs 4 letters (CVCV) against voided's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
vide
6 ch
voided

Grammar separator: vide vs voided

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vide is averb and voidedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72358, 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/. 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 72358, this pair ranks #43,306 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vide vs voided

Shared letters: deiv. Private to "vide": -. Private to "voided": o.

"vide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "voided" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vide ← ivde · vdie · vidde · vied · vvide
  • voided ← ovided · vioded · vodied · voidde · voidded · voidedd · voiedd · vvoided

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vide" and "voided" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vide" is a verb and "voided" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vide" or "voided"?
"vide" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,399 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vide" and "voided".

  • Full dictionary entry for "vide" 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 #43,306 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vide" and "voided" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vide vs VIX". 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 #43,306 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