# vocal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈvəʊ.kəl/ · frequency rank #5,563

## Definitions
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
2. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
3. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
4. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
5. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
6. Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
7. Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
8. Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
9. Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
10. Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs
Proto-Italic *wōks
Latin vōx
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin vōcālisbor.
Middle English vocal
English vocal
Late Middle English vocal, borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“uttering a voice, sounding, speaking”), from vōx (“a voice, sound, tone”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of vowel and vocalis. Compare Old French vocal.

## Easily confused with
- **vol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vocal-vs-vol)
- **vowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vocal-vs-vowel)
- **Vogel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vocal-vs-vogel)
- **vocals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vocal-vs-vocals)
- **vocally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vocal-vs-vocally)
- **val** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/val-vs-vocal)
- **VOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/voc-vs-vocal)
- **vial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vocal)
- **veal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veal-vs-vocal)
- **vaca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vaca-vs-vocal)
- **vital** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vital-vs-vocal)
- **viral** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viral-vs-vocal)
- **vicar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vicar-vs-vocal)
- **vocab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vocab-vs-vocal)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ovcal`, `vcoal`, `voacl`, `vocall`, `voccal`, `vocla`, `vvocal`

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