# void

> English word · Adjective · IPA /vɔɪd/ · frequency rank #7,082

## Definitions
1. Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
2. Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
3. Being without; destitute; devoid.
4. Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
5. Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
6. Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
7. Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
8. Having no cards in a particular suit.

## Etymology
From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

## Easily confused with
- **vol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vol)
- **vow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vow)
- **vox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vox)
- **Vos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vos)
- **vor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vor)
- **vom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vom)
- **vote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vote)
- **volt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-volt)
- **Voss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-voss)
- **VoIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-voip)
- **vole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vole)
- **vomit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vomit)
- **vowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-vowed)
- **voided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/void-vs-voided)
- **vi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vi-vs-void)
- **vo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vo-vs-void)
- **VD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vd-vs-void)
- **via** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/via-vs-void)
- **Vic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vic-vs-void)
- **VIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vip-vs-void)

## Common misspellings (4)
`viod`, `vodi`, `voidd`, `vvoid`

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