Which to use
“votée” and “voue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,885
- “votée” frequency rank
- #28,020
- “voue” frequency rank
- 40905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votée | voue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de voter. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de vouer. |
Where the eye mixes votée and voue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. votée (\vɔ.te\) and voue (\vu\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40905, 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\. voue is at rank #28,020, tagged as averb, pronounced \vu\.
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 40905, this pair ranks #237,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of votée vs voue
Shared letters: eov. Private to "votée": té. Private to "voue": u.
"votée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "voue" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- voue ← ovue · voeu · vuoe · vvoue