voice

/vɔɪs/

//vɔɪs// noun

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"voice" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“voice” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #918. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#918
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.

Corpus desk

Index EN-voice · voice · English

voice · rank #918 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #918
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH version

Nearest frequency peer: version (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “voice”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “voice” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

voice vs vote
60% similar
voice vs void
60% similar
voice vs VoIP
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for voice
PropertyValue
Headwordvoice
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɔɪs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#918
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “voice”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).voicelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “version” (#917), “whose” (#919), “systems” (#916). Among 969 “V” headwords, “voice” is #918. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around voice (IPA /vɔɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #918 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for voice, with forms such as "ovice", "vioce", and "vocie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vote", "void", "VoIP", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). … The correct English form is voice, spelled V-O-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
  2. 2
    Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
  3. 3
    The tone or sound emitted by an object.
  4. 4
    The faculty or power of utterance.
  5. 5
    That which is communicated; message; meaning.
  6. 6
    An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
  7. 7
    Command; precept.
  8. 8
    One who speaks; a speaker.
  9. 9
    A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
  10. 10
    A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
  11. 11
    In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
  12. 12
    A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how voice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.
  2. Stop repeating in that stupid voice what I say.

Etymology

From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vāc), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”) (from Old English stefn (see steven)), Old English hlēoþor, Old English woþ, and Old English reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, vocal, vouch, vowel. Doublet of vox.

This word in other languages

voz(Español)voix(Français)Stimme(Deutsch)voz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovice
  • vioce
  • vocie
  • voicce
  • voiec
  • vvoice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voice - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ovice2vioce2vocie2voicce1voiec2vvoice1
Edit distance from "voice"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voice"?
"voice" is spelled V-O-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /vɔɪs/.
What does "voice" mean?
As a noun, "voice" means: Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
What words are commonly confused with "voice"?
"voice" is commonly confused with "vote", "void", "VoIP". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voice" is /vɔɪs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "voice"?
From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter,... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "voice", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list