voicesvsvoidedConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#3,993
“voices” frequency rank
#40,959
“voided” frequency rank
44952
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voices voided
Definition plural of voice With the centre cut out.

Letter map: voices vs voided

Shared letters muted; letters that set voices and voided apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. voices and voided follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
voices
6 ch
voided

Grammar separator: voices vs voided

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voices is anoun and voidedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voices is recorded at frequency rank #3,993, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɔɪsɪz/. 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 44952, this pair ranks #225,803 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voices vs voided

Shared letters: eiov. Private to "voices": cs. Private to "voided": d.

"voices" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "voided" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voices ← ovices · vioces · vocies · voicces · voicess · voicse · voiecs · vvoices
  • voided ← ovided · vioded · vodied · voidde · voidded · voidedd · voiedd · vvoided

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "voices" and "voided" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voices" is a noun and "voided" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "voices" vs "voided" - which ranks higher?
"voices" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,993 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "voices" and "voided".

  • Full dictionary entry for "voices" 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 #225,803 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voices" 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 #225,803 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