voto

/[ˈbot̪o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,209

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

voto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Manifestación por el cual un individuo suscribe una de las opciones posibles en una decisión. Pronounced [ˈbot̪o]. It ranks #1,209 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with voy and voz.

Key facts for voto
PropertyValue
Headwordvoto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbot̪o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,209
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for voto is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbot̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,209 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for voto, with forms such as "boto", "ovto", and "voot". 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, "voy", "voz", "vox", 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 voto, spelled V-O-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manifestación por el cual un individuo suscribe una de las opciones posibles en una decisión.
  2. 2
    Documento que deja constancia de tal suscripción.
  3. 3
    Facultad que se tiene de expresar legítimamente tal preferencia.
  4. 4
    Ruego que se hace para solicitar un favor o gracia, en especial de carácter religioso.
  5. 5
    Promesa que se hace en relación a un ruego tal.
  6. 6
    Por extensión, bien o actividad que se ofrenda como consecuencia de una tal promesa.
  7. 7
    Promesa o juramento que se hace como parte de la adopción de un estado o fuero especial, como el de sacerdote.
  8. 8
    Expresión injuriosa o blasfema que se hace bajo la influencia de una fuerte emoción.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: boto,ovto,voot,votto,vtoo,vvoto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for voto

Misspelling Variants of "voto"

boto4ovto4voot4votto5vtoo4vvoto5
Misspelling Variants of "voto"

Frequency rank: #1,209 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voto"?
"voto" is spelled V-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbot̪o].
What does "voto" mean?
As a noun, "voto" means: Manifestación por el cual un individuo suscribe una de las opciones posibles en una decisión.
What words are commonly confused with "voto"?
"voto" is commonly confused with "voy", "voz", "vox". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "voto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voto" is [ˈbot̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voto" come from?
"voto" 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.