voten

/[ˈvoːtn̩]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,856

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

voten is aGermanverb. It means: abstimmen, wählen Pronounced [ˈvoːtn̩]. Often confused with Votum and voting.

Key facts for voten
PropertyValue
Headwordvoten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈvoːtn̩]
Letters5
Frequency rank#32,856
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of voten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for voten is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈvoːtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,856 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "abstimmen, wählen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for voten, with forms such as "ovten", "voetn", and "votenn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Votum", "voting", "von", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is voten, spelled V-O-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    abstimmen, wählen

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovten,voetn,votenn,votne,votten,vtoen,vvoten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for voten

Misspelling Variants of "voten"

ovten5voetn5votenn6votne5votten6vtoen5vvoten6
Misspelling Variants of "voten"

Frequency rank: #32,856 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voten"?
"voten" is spelled V-O-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈvoːtn̩].
What does "voten" mean?
As a verb, "voten" means: abstimmen, wählen
What words are commonly confused with "voten"?
"voten" is commonly confused with "Votum", "voting", "von". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voten" is [ˈvoːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voten" come from?
"voten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.