votéesvsvotonsWhich spelling fits?

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“votées” and “votons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,165
“votées” frequency rank
#41,069
“votons” frequency rank
66234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature votées votons
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de voter. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voter.

Where the eye mixes votées and votons

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. votées (CVCVVC) and votons (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
votées
6 ch
votons

Look-alike desk: votées vs votons

A purely visual mix-up. votées (\vɔ.te\) and votons (\vɔ.tɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

votées is recorded at frequency rank #25,165, classified as averb, pronounced \vɔ.te\. votons is at rank #41,069, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.tɔ̃\.

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 66234, this pair ranks #68,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of votées vs votons

Shared letters: ostv. Private to "votées": eé. Private to "votons": n.

"votées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "votons" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • votons ← ovtons · vootns · votnos · votonns · votonss · votosn · vottons · vtoons

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "votées" and "votons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\vɔ.te\ versus \vɔ.tɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "votées" vs "votons" - which ranks higher?
"votées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,165 in our French list, against #41,069 for "votons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "votées" and "votons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "votées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "votons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "votées" and "votons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visons vs votons". 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 #68,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list