vitevsvoterTell them apart

Quick tell: vite is a adjective, voter is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vite” is an adjective and “voter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#406
“vite” frequency rank
#2,400
“voter” frequency rank
2806
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vite voter
Definition Rapide, qui se meut avec célérité, avec promptitude ; se dit surtout dans le sport, sinon plutôt des animaux et des choses dont le mouvement est rapide. Exprimer son choix, sa préférence lors d’un vote.

Where the eye mixes vite and voter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
vite
5 ch
voter

Visual trap between vite and voter

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vite is \vit\ while voter is \vɔ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vite is recorded at frequency rank #406, classified as anadj, pronounced \vit\. voter is at rank #2,400, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.te\.

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 2806, this pair ranks #435,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vite vs voter

Shared letters: etv. Private to "vite": i. Private to "voter": or.

"vite" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "voter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viteivte · vitte · vtie · vvite
  • voterovter · voetr · voterr · votter · vtoer · vvoter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vite" and "voter" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vite" is an adjective and "voter" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vite" or "voter"?
"vite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #406 in our French list, against #2,400 for "voter". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "vite" and "voter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #435,442 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vite" and "voter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voter vs voûtée". 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 #435,442 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list