Which to use
“votados” is a participle and “votando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,401
- “votados” frequency rank
- #8,455
- “votando” frequency rank
- 42856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votados | votando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de votado, participio de votar. | Gerundio de votar. |
Where the eye mixes votados and votando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. votados (CVCVCVC) and votando (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: votados vs votando
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: votados is [boˈt̪að̞os] while votando is [boˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
votados is recorded at frequency rank #34,401, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [boˈt̪að̞os]. votando is at rank #8,455, tagged as averb, pronounced [boˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].
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 42856, this pair ranks #145,930 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of votados vs votando
Shared letters: adotv. Private to "votados": s. Private to "votando": n.
"votados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "votando" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "votados" for "votando" ever safe?
Which is more common, "votados" or "votando"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "votados" and "votando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "votados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "votando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,930 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "votados" and "votando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visados vs votados". 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 #145,930 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.