Which to use
“votados” is a participle and “votemos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,401
- “votados” frequency rank
- #28,201
- “votemos” frequency rank
- 62602
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votados | votemos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de votado, participio de votar. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de votar. |
Where the eye mixes votados and votemos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. votados and votemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses votados with votemos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: votados is [boˈt̪að̞os] while votemos is [boˈt̪emos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 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 62602, 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]. votemos is at rank #28,201, tagged as averb, pronounced [boˈt̪emos].
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 62602, this pair ranks #51,460 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of votados vs votemos
Shared letters: ostv. Private to "votados": ad. Private to "votemos": em.
"votados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "votemos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "votados" and "votemos" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "votados" or "votemos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "votados" and "votemos" 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 "votemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,460 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "votados" and "votemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valemos vs votemos". 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 #51,460 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.