vox vs voz, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“vox” and “voz” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,985
“vox” frequency rank: #546
“voz” frequency rank: 15531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vox	voz
Definition	Voz (del hombre o de los animales).	Sonido producido por las cuerdas vocales del hombre.

Where the eye mixes vox and voz

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch

vox

3 ch

voz

Look-alike desk: vox vs voz

A purely visual mix-up. vox (/ˈwoːks/) and voz ([ˈbos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - x in “vox” becomes z in “voz”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vox is recorded at frequency rank #14,985, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈwoːks/. voz is at rank #546, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbos].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 15531, this pair ranks #279,772 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vox vs voz

Shared letters: ov. Private to "vox": x. Private to "voz": z.

"vox" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "voz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vox" and "voz" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are said differently (/ˈwoːks/ versus [ˈbos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "vox" vs "voz" - which ranks higher?

"voz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #546 in our Spanish list, against #14,985 for "vox". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "vox" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "voz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #279,772 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vox" and "voz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "VOR vs vox". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #279,772 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.