Español homophones
botar/votar
"votar" (#1,663 written frequency) beats "botar" (#25,536) in this 2-word /boˈt̪aɾ/ cluster. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /boˈt̪aɾ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "votar" leads at #1,663, with "botar" trailing at #25,536.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "botar" is 5 letters, "votar" is 5; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across botar, votar: aort. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
botar
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory abort · private b
votar
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory aortv · private v
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "botar" when you mean: Echar de algún sitio, retirar de un grupo o lugar por la fuerza.
- Write "votar" when you mean: Emitir el voto, dar su parecer una persona en una votación o acto electoral.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.