# vote

> English word · Noun · IPA /vəʊt/ · frequency rank #820

## Definitions
1. A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
2. An act or instance of participating in such a choice, e.g., by submitting a ballot.
3. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer.
4. A formalized petition or request.
5. Any judgment of intellect leading to a formal opinion, a point of view.
6. Any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published.

## Etymology
From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“I vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise, to vow”). Doublet of vow.

## Easily confused with
- **vow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vote-vs-vow)
- **vox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vote-vs-vox)
- **votes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vote-vs-votes)
- **voter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vote-vs-voter)
- **vowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vote-vs-vowed)
- **vowel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vote-vs-vowel)
- **voters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vote-vs-voters)
- **vo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vo-vs-vote)
- **vol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vol-vs-vote)
- **vet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vet-vs-vote)
- **vat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vat-vs-vote)
- **vie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vie-vs-vote)
- **vee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vee-vs-vote)
- **Vos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vos-vs-vote)
- **VoD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vod-vs-vote)
- **VOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/voc-vs-vote)
- **vor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vor-vs-vote)
- **vom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vom-vs-vote)
- **Vit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vit-vs-vote)
- **vice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vice-vs-vote)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ovte`, `voet`, `votte`, `vtoe`, `vvote`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vote