# vise

> English word · Noun · IPA /vaɪs/ · frequency rank #37,761

## Definitions
1. An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
2. A situation in which one's freedom of choice is constrained.
3. A screw.
4. A spiral staircase.

## Etymology
From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis (“screw”), from Latin vītis f (“vine”).
Probably akin to English withe.

## Easily confused with
- **Vos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vos)
- **Viv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-viv)
- **VPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vps)
- **Vit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vit)
- **VIX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vix)
- **vote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vote)
- **vita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vita)
- **viva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-viva)
- **Voss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-voss)
- **vive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vive)
- **vole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vole)
- **voice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-voice)
- **visit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-visit)
- **vista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vista)
- **visor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-visor)
- **vixen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vixen)
- **Vivek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vise-vs-vivek)
- **vi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vi-vs-vise)
- **via** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/via-vs-vise)
- **Vic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vic-vs-vise)

## Common misspellings (3)
`visse`, `vsie`, `vvise`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vise