Which to use
“votée” and “votés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,885
- “votée” frequency rank
- #27,660
- “votés” frequency rank
- 40545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votée | votés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de voter. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de voter. |
Same sound, different letters: votée vs votés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. votée and votés are pronounced identically (\vɔ.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “votée” becomes s in “votés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
votée is recorded at frequency rank #12,885, classified as averb, pronounced \vɔ.te\. 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 40545, this pair ranks #239,703 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of votée vs votés
Shared letters: otvé. Private to "votée": e. Private to "votés": s.
"votée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "votés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC