votary
/ˈvəʊt(ə)ri/
"votary" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“votary” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
Corpus desk
Index EN-votary · votary · English
votary · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | votary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈvəʊt(ə)ri/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “votary” in English
Rare enough to double-check
votary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈvəʊt(ə)ri/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for votary, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote”). The correct English form is votary, spelled V-O-T-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how votary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And votary Reſolution is made Equipollent to Cuſtome
Etymology
From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.