Which to use
“votée” is a verb and “voués” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,885
- “votée” frequency rank
- #32,638
- “voués” frequency rank
- 45523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votée | voués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de voter. | Masculin pluriel de voué. |
Where the eye mixes votée and voués
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: votée is \vɔ.te\ while voués is \vwe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45523, 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\. voués is at rank #32,638, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vwe\.
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 45523, this pair ranks #202,119 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of votée vs voués
Shared letters: ové. Private to "votée": et. Private to "voués": su.
"votée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "voués" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC