votons

/\vɔ.tɔ̃\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#41,069

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

votons is aFrenchverb. It means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voter. Pronounced \vɔ.tɔ̃\. Often confused with voyons and voyous.

Key facts for votons
PropertyValue
Headwordvotons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɔ.tɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,069
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of votons in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for votons is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɔ.tɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #41,069 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for votons, with forms such as "ovtons", "vootns", and "votnos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "voyons", "voyous", "vôtres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is votons, spelled V-O-T-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voter.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de voter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovtons,vootns,votnos,votonns,votonss,votosn,vottons,vtoons,vvotons

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for votons

Misspelling Variants of "votons"

ovtons6vootns6votnos6votonns7votonss7votosn6vottons7vtoons6
Misspelling Variants of "votons"

Frequency rank: #41,069 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "votons"?
"votons" is spelled V-O-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɔ.tɔ̃\.
What does "votons" mean?
As a verb, "votons" means: Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voter.
What words are commonly confused with "votons"?
"votons" is commonly confused with "voyons", "voyous", "vôtres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "votons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "votons" is \vɔ.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "votons" come from?
"votons" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.