Which to use
“votés” is a verb and “voûté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,660
- “votés” frequency rank
- #45,952
- “voûté” frequency rank
- 73612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | votés | voûté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de voter. | Qui présente une voûte, qui est recourbé. |
Where the eye mixes votés and voûté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. votés (CVCVC) and voûté (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: votés vs voûté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: votés is \vɔ.te\ while voûté is \vu.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73612, 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\. voûté is at rank #45,952, tagged as anadj, pronounced \vu.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 73612, this pair ranks #39,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of votés vs voûté
Shared letters: otvé. Private to "votés": s. Private to "voûté": û.
"votés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "voûté" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "votés" for "voûté" ever safe?
Which is more common, "votés" or "voûté"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "votés" and "voûté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "votés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "voûté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "votés" and "voûté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "voûté vs voûtée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #39,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.