voicevsvoidedWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#918
“voice” frequency rank
#40,959
“voided” frequency rank
41877
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voice voided
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. With the centre cut out.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set voice and voided apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
voice
6 ch
voided

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voice is anoun and voidedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voice is recorded at frequency rank #918, classified as anoun, pronounced /vɔɪs/. 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 41877, this pair ranks #254,335 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voice vs voided

Shared letters: eiov. Private to "voice": c. Private to "voided": d.

"voice" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "voided" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voiceovice · vioce · vocie · voicce · voiec · vvoice
  • voidedovided · vioded · vodied · voidde · voidded · voidedd · voiedd · vvoided

Frequency comparison

voice#918
voided#40,959

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "voice" and "voided" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voice" is a noun and "voided" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "voice" or "voided"?
"voice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #918 in our English list, against #40,959 for "voided". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering voice vs voided

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “voice”; for an adjective, it's “voided”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “voice” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list