votéevsvotésWhat's the difference?

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.

5 ch
votée
5 ch
votés

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "votée" and "votés" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\vɔ.te\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "votée" or "votés"?
"votée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,885 in our French list, against #27,660 for "votés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list