Which to use
“voided” is an adjective and “vowed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,959
- “voided” frequency rank
- #17,518
- “vowed” frequency rank
- 58477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voided | vowed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | With the centre cut out. | past participle of vow |
Letter map: voided vs vowed
Shared letters muted; letters that set voided and vowed apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. voided runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against vowed's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for voided / vowed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voided is anadjective and vowedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voided is recorded at frequency rank #40,959, classified as anadj. vowed is at rank #17,518, tagged as averb, pronounced /vaʊd/.
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 58477, this pair ranks #112,300 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of voided vs vowed
Shared letters: deov. Private to "voided": i. Private to "vowed": w.
"voided" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "vowed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "voided" for "vowed" ever safe?
Which is more common, "voided" or "vowed"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "voided" and "vowed".
- Full dictionary entry for "voided" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vowed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,300 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voided" and "vowed" 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 #112,300 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.