Which to use
“votés” and “voue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,660
- “votés” frequency rank
- #28,020
- “voue” frequency rank
- 55680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votés | voue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de voter. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de vouer. |
Where the eye mixes votés and voue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. votés runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against voue's 4 (CVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between votés and voue
A purely visual mix-up. votés (\vɔ.te\) and voue (\vu\) 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 55680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
votés is recorded at frequency rank #27,660, classified as averb, pronounced \vɔ.te\. voue is at rank #28,020, tagged as averb, pronounced \vu\.
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 55680, this pair ranks #125,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of votés vs voue
Shared letters: ov. Private to "votés": sté. Private to "voue": eu.
"votés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "voue" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- voue ← ovue · voeu · vuoe · vvoue
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "votés" for "voue" ever safe?
Frequency check: "votés" vs "voue" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "votés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "votés" and "voue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voue vs voy". 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 #125,910 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.