votadosvsvotemosConfusable pair

Quick tell: votados is a participle, votemos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

7 ch
votados
7 ch
votemos

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

  • votados ← botados · ovtados · voatdos · votaddos · votadoss · votadso · votaods · votdaos
  • votemos ← botemos · ovtemos · voetmos · votemmos · votemoss · votemso · voteoms · votmeos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "votados" and "votemos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "votados" is a participle and "votemos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "votados" or "votemos" show up more?
"votemos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,201 in our Spanish list, against #34,401 for "votados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list