voten

/[ˈbot̪ẽn]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,247

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

voten is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de votar. Pronounced [ˈbot̪ẽn]. Often confused with voto and votos.

Key facts for voten
PropertyValue
Headwordvoten
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈbot̪ẽn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,247
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for voten is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbot̪ẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,247 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for voten, with forms such as "boten", "ovten", and "voetn". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "voto", "votos", "votes", 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 voten, spelled V-O-T-E-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 subjuntivo de votar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de votar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: boten,ovten,voetn,votenn,votne,votten,vtoen,vvoten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for voten

Misspelling Variants of "voten"

boten5ovten5voetn5votenn6votne5votten6vtoen5vvoten6
Misspelling Variants of "voten"

Frequency rank: #10,247 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voten"?
"voten" is spelled V-O-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbot̪ẽn].
What does "voten" mean?
As a verb, "voten" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de votar.
What words are commonly confused with "voten"?
"voten" is commonly confused with "voto", "votos", "votes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voten" is [ˈbot̪ẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voten" come from?
"voten" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our Spanish index:

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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.