votovsvousConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#1,209
“voto” frequency rank
#32,035
“vous” frequency rank
33244
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voto vous
Definition Manifestación por el cual un individuo suscribe una de las opciones posibles en una decisión. Vosotros, ustedes

Where the eye mixes voto and vous

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
voto
4 ch
vous

Look-alike desk: voto vs vous

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: voto is [ˈbot̪o] while vous is [vu]. 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 (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33244, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voto is recorded at frequency rank #1,209, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbot̪o]. vous is at rank #32,035, tagged as apron, pronounced [vu].

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 33244, this pair ranks #197,810 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voto vs vous

Shared letters: ov. Private to "voto": t. Private to "vous": su.

"voto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "vous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • votoboto · ovto · voot · votto · vtoo · vvoto
  • vousbous · ovus · vosu · vouss · vuos · vvous

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "voto" for "vous" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voto" is a noun and "vous" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "voto" vs "vous" - which ranks higher?
"voto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,209 in our Spanish list, against #32,035 for "vous". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #197,810 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voto" and "vous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "VOR vs vous". 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 #197,810 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