Which to use
“Voss” is a name and “votés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,682
- “Voss” frequency rank
- #27,660
- “votés” frequency rank
- 75342
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Voss | votés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de voter. |
Letter map: Voss vs votés
Shared letters muted; letters that set Voss and votés apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Voss / votés
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Voss is aname and votésaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75342, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Voss is recorded at frequency rank #47,682, classified as aname. votés is at rank #27,660, 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 75342, this pair ranks #34,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Voss vs votés
Shared letters: osv. Private to "Voss": -. Private to "votés": té.
"Voss" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "votés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Voss ← ovss · vsos · vvoss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Voss" and "votés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "Voss" or "votés" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Voss" and "votés".
- Full dictionary entry for "Voss" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "votés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,368 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Voss" and "votés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Voss vs voy". 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 #34,368 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.