Español homophones
bota/vota
"bota" is a noun; "vota" is a verb - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "bota" arrives as a noun, while "vota" is a verb. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "bota" is 4 letters, "vota" is 4; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across bota, vota: aot. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
bota
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory abot · private b
vota
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory aotv · private v
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "bota" when you mean: Calzado que cubre los tobillos y parte de la pierna.
- Write "vota" when you mean: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de votar.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.