Which to use
“voter” and “votez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,400
- “voter” frequency rank
- #13,939
- “votez” frequency rank
- 16339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | voter | votez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Exprimer son choix, sa préférence lors d’un vote. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de voter. |
Same sound, different letters: voter vs votez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - voter / votez
This is the hard kind. voter and votez 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 - r in “voter” becomes z in “votez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
voter is recorded at frequency rank #2,400, classified as averb, pronounced \vɔ.te\. votez is at rank #13,939, 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 16339, this pair ranks #388,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of voter vs votez
Shared letters: eotv. Private to "voter": r. Private to "votez": z.
"voter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "votez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "voter" and "votez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "voter" or "votez"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "voter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "votez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "voter" and "votez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votez 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 #388,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.