vómitosvsvotosWhich spelling fits?

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“vómitos” and “votos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,275
“vómitos” frequency rank
#1,004
“votos” frequency rank
24279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vómitos votos
Definition Forma del plural de vómito. Forma del plural de voto.

Where the eye mixes vómitos and votos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vómitos runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against votos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
vómitos
5 ch
votos

Why the eye confuses vómitos with votos

A purely visual mix-up. vómitos ([ˈbomit̪os]) and votos ([ˈbot̪os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vómitos is recorded at frequency rank #23,275, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbomit̪os]. votos is at rank #1,004, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbot̪os].

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 24279, this pair ranks #241,885 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vómitos vs votos

Shared letters: ostv. Private to "vómitos": imó. Private to "votos": -.

"vómitos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "votos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • votos ← botos · ovtos · voots · votoss · votso · vottos · vtoos · vvotos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vómitos" and "votos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbomit̪os] versus [ˈbot̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vómitos" vs "votos" - which ranks higher?
"votos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,004 in our Spanish list, against #23,275 for "vómitos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "vómitos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "votos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #241,885 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vómitos" and "votos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vomita vs vómitos". 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 #241,885 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