Which to use
“Vos” is a name and “votes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,077
- “Vos” frequency rank
- #2,324
- “votes” frequency rank
- 35401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Vos | votes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Dutch. | plural of vote |
Letter map: Vos vs votes
Shared letters muted; letters that set Vos and votes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Vos runs 3 letters (CVC) against votes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Vos / votes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Vos is aname and votesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Vos is recorded at frequency rank #33,077, classified as aname. votes is at rank #2,324, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vəʊts/.
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 35401, this pair ranks #312,300 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Vos vs votes
Shared letters: osv. Private to "Vos": -. Private to "votes": et.
"Vos" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "votes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- votes ← ovtes · voets · votess · votse · vottes · vtoes · vvotes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Vos" and "votes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Vos" vs "votes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Vos" and "votes".
- Full dictionary entry for "Vos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "votes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #312,300 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Vos" and "votes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "VH vs Vos". 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 #312,300 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.