Which to use
“voiced” is a verb and “voided” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,313
- “voiced” frequency rank
- #40,959
- “voided” frequency rank
- 51272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voiced | voided |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of voice | With the centre cut out. |
Letter map: voiced vs voided
Shared letters muted; letters that set voiced and voided apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. voiced and voided follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: voiced vs voided
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voiced is averb and voidedanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “voiced” becomes d in “voided”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voiced is recorded at frequency rank #10,313, classified as averb, pronounced /vɔɪst/. 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 51272, this pair ranks #166,885 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of voiced vs voided
Shared letters: deiov. Private to "voiced": c. Private to "voided": -.
"voiced" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "voided" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voiced" and "voided" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "voiced" vs "voided" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "voiced" vs "voided" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "voiced" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voided" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #166,885 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voiced" and "voided" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vide vs voided". 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 #166,885 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.