Which to use
“voter” and “votes” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,016
- “voter” frequency rank
- #2,324
- “votes” frequency rank
- 8340
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voter | votes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Someone who votes. | plural of vote |
Where the eye mixes voter and votes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. voter and votes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: voter vs votes
A purely visual mix-up. voter (/ˈvəʊtə(ɹ)/) and votes (/vəʊts/) 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 - r in “voter” becomes s in “votes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voter is recorded at frequency rank #6,016, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvəʊtə(ɹ)/. 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 8340, this pair ranks #502,994 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voter vs votes
Shared letters: eotv. Private to "voter": r. Private to "votes": s.
"voter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "votes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "voter" and "votes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "voter" vs "votes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "voter" and "votes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "voter" 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 #502,994 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voter" and "votes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vole vs voter". 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 #502,994 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.