advice
/ədˈvaɪs/
"advice" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“advice” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,382 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,382
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | advice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ədˈvaɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “advice” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for advice is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ədˈvaɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,382 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for advice, with forms such as "addvice", "adivce", and "advcie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Alice", "Advil", "advise", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avisbor. Middle English avys English advice From Middle English avys, from O… The correct English form is advice, spelled A-D-V-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
- 2Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
- 3Information or news given; intelligence
- 4In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.
- 5In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange
- 6A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions
- 7Counseling to perform a specific legal act.
- 8Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
- 9In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avisbor. Middle English avys English advice From Middle English avys, from Old French avis, rebracketed from the phrase ce m'est a vis (“I think”, “it seems to me”, literally “it is to my view”), where vis is from Latin vīsus (“vision, sight”). The unhistoric -d- was introduced during the 15th century due to influence from advise and ad-, see advance. Doublet of aviso. See vision, and compare avise, advise. Mostly displaced native Old English rǣd (see modern rede).
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: addvice,adivce,advcie,advicce,adviec,advvice,avdice,davice
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of advice - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “advice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-D-V-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ədˈvaɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Alice” - see the side-by-side comparison. advice vs Alice
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.