vom vs vote, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“vom” is a preposition and “vote” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,100
“vom” frequency rank: #1,128
“vote” frequency rank: 48228
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vom	vote
Definition	Contraction de von dem: du..	Opinion exprimée, suffrage donné dans un corps politique, dans une assemblée délibérante, dans un collège électoral, dans une compagnie.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set vom and vote apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

3 ch

vom

4 ch

vote

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vom is \fɔm\ while vote is \vɔt\. 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 (preposition vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vom is recorded at frequency rank #47,100, classified as aprep, pronounced \fɔm\. vote is at rank #1,128, tagged as anoun, pronounced \vɔt\.

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 48228, this pair ranks #180,626 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vom vs vote

Shared letters: ov. Private to "vom": m. Private to "vote": et.

"vom" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

vote ← ovte · voet · votte · vtoe · vvote

Frequency comparison

vom#47,100

vote#1,128

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vom" and "vote" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vom" is a preposition and "vote" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "vom" or "vote"?

"vote" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,128 in our French list, against #47,100 for "vom". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering vom vs vote

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a preposition, it's “vom”; for a noun, it's “vote”.
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