vitovsvotoConfusable pair

Quick tell: vito is a verb, voto is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vito” is a verb and “voto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,191
“vito” frequency rank
#1,209
“voto” frequency rank
22400
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vito voto
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de vitar. Manifestación por el cual un individuo suscribe una de las opciones posibles en una decisión.

Where the eye mixes vito and voto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
vito
4 ch
voto

Why the eye confuses vito with voto

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vito is [ˈbit̪o] while voto is [ˈbot̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - i in “vito” becomes o in “voto”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vito is recorded at frequency rank #21,191, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbit̪o]. voto is at rank #1,209, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbot̪o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 22400, this pair ranks #250,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vito vs voto

Shared letters: otv. Private to "vito": i. Private to "voto": -.

"vito" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "voto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vitobito · ivto · viot · vitto · vtio · vvito
  • votoboto · ovto · voot · votto · vtoo · vvoto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vito" for "voto" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vito" is a verb and "voto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vito" or "voto" show up more?
"voto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,209 in our Spanish list, against #21,191 for "vito". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vito" and "voto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visos vs vito". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #250,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list