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Which to use

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

#26,578
“votera” frequency rank
#26,220
“voterai” frequency rank
52798
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature votera voterai
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de voter. Première personne du singulier du futur de voter.

Where the eye mixes votera and voterai

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. votera runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against voterai's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
votera
7 ch
voterai

Look-alike desk: votera vs voterai

A purely visual mix-up. votera (\vɔ.tə.ʁa\) and voterai (\vɔ.tə.ʁe\) 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 extra letter(s) - “votera” sits inside “voterai”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

votera is recorded at frequency rank #26,578, classified as averb, pronounced \vɔ.tə.ʁa\. voterai is at rank #26,220, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɔ.tə.ʁe\.

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 52798, this pair ranks #145,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of votera vs voterai

Shared letters: aeortv. Private to "votera": -. Private to "voterai": i.

"votera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "voterai" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • votera ← ovtera · voetra · votear · voterra · votrea · vottera · vtoera · vvotera
  • voterai ← ovterai · voetrai · voteari · voteria · voterrai · votreai · votterai · vtoerai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "votera" for "voterai" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vɔ.tə.ʁa\ versus \vɔ.tə.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "votera" vs "voterai" - which ranks higher?
"voterai" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,220 in our French list, against #26,578 for "votera". 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 "votera" and "voterai" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "votera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voterai" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #145,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "votera" and "voterai" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votera vs vouer". 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 #145,210 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