vomitovsvotoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#32,454
“vomito” frequency rank
#1,209
“voto” frequency rank
33663
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes vomito and voto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vomito runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against voto's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vomito
4 ch
voto

Visual trap between vomito and voto

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vomito is [boˈmit̪o] while voto is [ˈbot̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vomito is recorded at frequency rank #32,454, classified as averb, pronounced [boˈmit̪o]. 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 33663, this pair ranks #195,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vomito vs voto

Shared letters: otv. Private to "vomito": im. Private to "voto": -.

"vomito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "voto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vomito ← bomito · ovmito · vmoito · voimto · vomiot · vomitto · vommito · vomtio
  • voto ← boto · ovto · voot · votto · vtoo · vvoto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vomito" for "voto" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vomito" is a verb and "voto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vomito" vs "voto" - which ranks higher?
"voto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,209 in our Spanish list, against #32,454 for "vomito". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "vomito" and "voto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vomito" 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 #195,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vomito" and "voto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vasito vs vomito". 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 #195,588 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