VOA
"voa" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“VOA” is uncommon English (frequency #53,943 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,943
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of Voice of America.
Corpus desk
Index EN-voa · VOA · English
VOA · rank #53,943 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,943
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Vladislav
Nearest frequency peer: Vladislav (-2 rank slots)
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “VOA”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- utters
utters
46,064 corpus weight
- vena
vena
46,061 corpus weight
- Vladislav
Vladislav
46,060 corpus weight
- VOA
VOA
46,058 corpus weight
- warthog
warthog
46,053 corpus weight
- watercress
watercress
46,052 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “VOA” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | VOA |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #53,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “VOA” in English
Rare enough to double-check
VOA is uncommon English at frequency #53,943 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Initialism of Voice of America.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for VOA, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is VOA, spelled V-O-A.
Definition
- 1Initialism of Voice of America.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how VOA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abramowitz said that the order left VOA unable to carry out its "vital mission... especially critical today, when America's adversaries, like Iran, China, and Russia, are sinking billions of dollars into creating false narratives to discredit the United States".
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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