vitevsvotreWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#406
“vite” frequency rank
#110
“votre” frequency rank
516
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vite votre
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. Deuxième personne du pluriel au singulier. Qui est à vous. Plusieurs possesseurs et un seul objet ou un possesseur, à qui on s'adresse poliment, et un seul objet.

Where the eye mixes vite and votre

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

4 ch
vite
5 ch
votre

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vite is \vit\ while votre is \vɔtʁ\. 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 determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vite is recorded at frequency rank #406, classified as anadj, pronounced \vit\. votre is at rank #110, tagged as adet, pronounced \vɔtʁ\.

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 516, this pair ranks #439,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vite vs votre

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

"vite" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "votre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viteivte · vitte · vtie · vvite
  • votreovtre · vorte · votrre · vottre · vtore · vvotre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vite" and "votre" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vite" is an adjective and "votre" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vite" or "votre"?
"votre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #110 in our French list, against #406 for "vite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list