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Which to use

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

#26,578
“votera” frequency rank
#27,660
“votés” frequency rank
54238
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature votera votés
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de voter. Participe passé masculin pluriel de voter.

Where the eye mixes votera and votés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. votera runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against votés's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
votera
5 ch
votés

Why the eye confuses votera with votés

A purely visual mix-up. votera (\vɔ.tə.ʁa\) and votés (\vɔ.te\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54238, 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\. votés is at rank #27,660, 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 54238, this pair ranks #135,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of votera vs votés

Shared letters: otv. Private to "votera": aer. Private to "votés": sé.

"votera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "votés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • votera ← ovtera · voetra · votear · voterra · votrea · vottera · vtoera · vvotera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "votera" and "votés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\vɔ.tə.ʁa\ versus \vɔ.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "votera" or "votés"?
"votera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,578 in our French list, against #27,660 for "votés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "votera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "votés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #135,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "votera" and "votés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "votés 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 #135,335 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