votar

//vu.ˈtaɾ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,345

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

votar is aPortugueseverb. It means: aprovar ou eleger por meio de voto Pronounced /vu.ˈtaɾ/. It ranks #2,345 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with voto and voar.

Key facts for votar
PropertyValue
Headwordvotar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/vu.ˈtaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,345
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of votar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for votar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vu.ˈtaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,345 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "aprovar ou eleger por meio de voto".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for votar, with forms such as "ovtar", "voatr", and "votarr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "voto", "voar", "vita", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is votar, spelled V-O-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aprovar ou eleger por meio de voto

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ovtar,voatr,votarr,votra,vottar,vtoar,vvotar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for votar

Misspelling Variants of "votar"

ovtar5voatr5votarr6votra5vottar6vtoar5vvotar6
Misspelling Variants of "votar"

Frequency rank: #2,345 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "votar"?
"votar" is spelled V-O-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /vu.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "votar" mean?
As a verb, "votar" means: aprovar ou eleger por meio de voto
What words are commonly confused with "votar"?
"votar" is commonly confused with "voto", "voar", "vita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "votar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "votar" is /vu.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "votar" come from?
"votar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter V in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.