Which to use
“vice” and “voice” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,614
- “vice” frequency rank
- #11,881
- “voice” frequency rank
- 13495
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vice | voice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Défaut, imperfection grave qui rend une chose plus ou moins impropre à sa destination. | Voix. |
Where the eye mixes vice and voice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vice runs 4 letters (CVCV) against voice's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses vice with voice
A purely visual mix-up. vice (\vis\) and voice (\vɔɪs\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vice is recorded at frequency rank #1,614, classified as anoun, pronounced \vis\. voice is at rank #11,881, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔɪs\.
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 13495, this pair ranks #400,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vice vs voice
Shared letters: ceiv. Private to "vice": -. Private to "voice": o.
"vice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "voice" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vice" and "voice" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "vice" vs "voice" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vice" and "voice" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,792 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vice" and "voice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voice vs voûté". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #400,792 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.