Which to use
“voice” and “voices” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #918
- “voice” frequency rank
- #3,993
- “voices” frequency rank
- 4911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voice | voices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character. | plural of voice |
Where the eye mixes voice and voices
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. voice runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against voices's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses voice with voices
A purely visual mix-up. voice (/vɔɪs/) and voices (/ˈvɔɪsɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “voice” sits inside “voices”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voice is recorded at frequency rank #918, classified as anoun, pronounced /vɔɪs/. voices is at rank #3,993, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɔɪsɪz/.
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 4911, this pair ranks #517,254 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voice vs voices
Shared letters: ceiov. Private to "voice": -. Private to "voices": s.
"voice" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "voices" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voice" for "voices" ever safe?
Frequency check: "voice" vs "voices" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "voice" and "voices" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #517,254 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voice" and "voices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voice 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 #517,254 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.