VoDvsvoleWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#35,153
“VoD” frequency rank
#45,158
“vole” frequency rank
80311
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature VoD vole
Definition Abbreviation of video on demand. Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.

Letter map: VoD vs vole

Shared letters muted; letters that set VoD and vole apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. VoD runs 3 letters (CVC) against vole's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
VoD
4 ch
vole

Corpus notes: VoD and vole

VoD and vole 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

VoD is recorded at frequency rank #35,153, classified as anoun. vole is at rank #45,158, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vəʊl/.

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 80311, this pair ranks #20,077 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of VoD vs vole

Shared letters: ov. Private to "VoD": d. Private to "vole": el.

"VoD" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "vole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vole ← ovle · vloe · voel · volle · vvole

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "VoD" and "vole" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "VoD" vs "vole" - which ranks higher?
"VoD" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,153 in our English list, against #45,158 for "vole". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "VoD" vs "vole" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "VoD" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,077 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "VoD" and "vole" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vel vs vole". 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 #20,077 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