Which to use
“votées” is a verb and “votre” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,165
- “votées” frequency rank
- #110
- “votre” frequency rank
- 25275
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votées | votre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de voter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel au singulier. Qui est à vous. Plusieurs possesseurs et un seul objet ou un possesseur, à qui on s'adresse poliment, et un seul objet. |
Where the eye mixes votées and votre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. votées runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against votre's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: votées vs votre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: votées is \vɔ.te\ while votre is \vɔtʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25275, 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\. votre is at rank #110, tagged as adet, pronounced \vɔtʁ\.
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 25275, this pair ranks #341,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of votées vs votre
Shared letters: eotv. Private to "votées": sé. Private to "votre": r.
"votées" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "votre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- votre ← ovtre · vorte · votrre · vottre · vtore · vvotre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "votées" for "votre" ever safe?
Which is more common, "votées" or "votre"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "votées" and "votre" 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 "votre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #341,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "votées" and "votre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votées vs voûtée". 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 #341,801 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.