vitréesvsvotéesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#35,774
“vitrées” frequency rank
#25,165
“votées” frequency rank
60939
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vitrées votées
Definition Féminin pluriel de vitré. Participe passé féminin pluriel de voter.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set vitrées and votées apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
vitrées
6 ch
votées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vitrées is \vi.tʁe\ while votées 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 60939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vitrées is recorded at frequency rank #35,774, classified as anadj, pronounced \vi.tʁe\. votées is at rank #25,165, 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 60939, this pair ranks #94,951 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vitrées vs votées

Shared letters: estvé. Private to "vitrées": ir. Private to "votées": o.

"vitrées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "votées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Frequency comparison

vitrées#35,774
votées#25,165

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vitrées" and "votées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vitrées" is an adjective and "votées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vitrées" or "votées"?
"votées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,165 in our French list, against #35,774 for "vitrées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering vitrées vs votées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “vitrées”; for a verb, it's “votées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “vitrées” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list