votan

/[ˈbot̪ãn]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,692

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

votan is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de votar. Pronounced [ˈbot̪ãn]. Often confused with voto and vote.

Key facts for votan
PropertyValue
Headwordvotan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbot̪ãn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,692
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of votan in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for votan is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbot̪ãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,692 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de votar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for votan, with forms such as "botan", "ovtan", and "voatn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "voto", "vote", "votos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is votan, spelled V-O-T-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de votar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: botan,ovtan,voatn,votann,votna,vottan,vtoan,vvotan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for votan

Misspelling Variants of "votan"

botan5ovtan5voatn5votann6votna5vottan6vtoan5vvotan6
Misspelling Variants of "votan"

Frequency rank: #11,692 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "votan"?
"votan" is spelled V-O-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbot̪ãn].
What does "votan" mean?
As a verb, "votan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de votar.
What words are commonly confused with "votan"?
"votan" is commonly confused with "voto", "vote", "votos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "votan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "votan" is [ˈbot̪ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "votan" come from?
"votan" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.