evenvsreportsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: even is a adjective, reports is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“even” is an adjective and “reports” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,532
“even” frequency rank
#21,038
“reports” frequency rank
39570
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature even reports
Definition eben, ausgeglichen Plural des Substantivs report

Letter map: even vs reports

Shared letters muted; letters that set even and reports apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. even runs 4 letters (VCVC) against reports's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
even
7 ch
reports

Grammar separator: even vs reports

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: even is anadjective and reportsanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

even is recorded at frequency rank #18,532, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. reports is at rank #21,038, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 39570, this pair ranks #1,533,118 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of even vs reports

Shared letters: e. Private to "even": nv. Private to "reports": oprst.

"even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "reports" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eveneevn · evenn · evne · evven · veen
  • reportserports · reoprts · reporrts · reporst · reportss · reportts · repotrs · repports

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "even" and "reports" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "even" is an adjective and "reports" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "even" or "reports"?
"even" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,532 in our German list, against #21,038 for "reports". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "even" and "reports". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "even" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,533,118 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "even" and "reports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs reports". 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 #1,533,118 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list