Which to use
“vote” is a noun and “votée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,128
- “vote” frequency rank
- #12,885
- “votée” frequency rank
- 14013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vote | votée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Opinion exprimée, suffrage donné dans un corps politique, dans une assemblée délibérante, dans un collège électoral, dans une compagnie. | Participe passé féminin singulier de voter. |
Where the eye mixes vote and votée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vote vs votée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vote is \vɔt\ while votée 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vote is recorded at frequency rank #1,128, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɔt\. votée is at rank #12,885, 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 14013, this pair ranks #398,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vote vs votée
Shared letters: eotv. Private to "vote": -. Private to "votée": é.
"vote" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "votée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vote ← ovte · voet · votte · vtoe · vvote
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vote" and "votée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "vote" or "votée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "vote" and "votée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vote" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "votée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vote" and "votée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votée 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 #398,573 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.