Which to use
“Viking” is a noun and “voting” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,076
- “Viking” frequency rank
- #2,421
- “voting” frequency rank
- 15497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Viking | voting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Scandinavian/Northern European seafarers, most familiarly raiders and pirates during the Viking age. | Having an associated right for the holder to vote as an owner of business. |
Where the eye mixes Viking and voting
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Viking with voting
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Viking is /ˈvaɪkɪŋ/ while voting is /ˈvoʊtɪŋ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Viking is recorded at frequency rank #13,076, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvaɪkɪŋ/. voting is at rank #2,421, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈvoʊtɪŋ/.
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 15497, this pair ranks #463,593 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Viking vs voting
Shared letters: ginv. Private to "Viking": k. Private to "voting": ot.
"Viking" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "voting" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Viking" for "voting" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Viking" vs "voting" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Viking" and "voting" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Viking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #463,593 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Viking" and "voting" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vexing vs Viking". 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 #463,593 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.