Which to use
“veto” and “vote” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,165
- “veto” frequency rank
- #820
- “vote” frequency rank
- 12985
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | veto | vote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. | A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute. |
Where the eye mixes veto and vote
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. veto (/ˈviːtəʊ/) and vote (/vəʊt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12985, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
veto is recorded at frequency rank #12,165, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈviːtəʊ/. vote is at rank #820, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vəʊt/.
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 12985, this pair ranks #478,379 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of veto vs vote
Shared letters: eotv. Private to "veto": -. Private to "vote": -.
"veto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "vote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV