voto

noun

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The verdict

“voto” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,415
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a ação de votar

Corpus desk

Index PT-voto · voto · Portuguese

voto · rank #1,415 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,415
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH violência

Nearest frequency peer: violência (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “voto”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “voto” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

voto vs voz
50% similar
voto vs vox
50% similar
voto vs vovó
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for voto
PropertyValue
Headwordvoto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,415
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “voto”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).votocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “violência” (#1,414), “y” (#1,416), “técnico” (#1,413). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “voto” fica em #1,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around voto, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,415 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for voto, with forms such as "ovto", "voot", and "votto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "voz", "vox", "vovó", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is voto, spelled V-O-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    a ação de votar
  2. 2
    a cédula eleitoral
  3. 3
    promessa
  4. 4
    idioma do grupo fino-úgrico, quase extinto, falado na Íngria

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how voto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O problema no sistema americano, em que o voto não é obrigatório, é que se os candidatos forem muito para o meio perdem os extremos, direito ou esquerdo.
  2. No voto aparecem os nomes dos cinco candidatos à presidência.

Synonyms

vodo

This word in other languages

vote(English)voto(Español)vote(Français)Stimme(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovto
  • voot
  • votto
  • vtoo
  • vvoto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of voto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ovto2voot2votto1vtoo2vvoto1
Edit distance from "voto"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voto"?
"voto" is spelled V-O-T-O.
What does "voto" mean?
As a noun, "voto" means: a ação de votar
What words are commonly confused with "voto"?
"voto" is commonly confused with "voz", "vox", "vovó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "voto" come from?
"voto" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "voto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

auto#1,421frio#1,432face#1,395mata#1,436

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

graça5 variantsnisso5 variantsserra5 variantsalvo5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list