# voice vs voiced

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### voice
*noun · IPA /vɔɪs/ · frequency rank #918*
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.

### voiced
*verb · IPA /vɔɪst/ · frequency rank #10,313*
simple past and past participle of voice

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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