movesvsreportsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#36,510
“moves” frequency rank
#21,038
“reports” frequency rank
57548
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moves reports
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs move Plural des Substantivs report

Letter map: moves vs reports

Shared letters muted; letters that set moves and reports apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. moves runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against reports's 7 (CVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
moves
7 ch
reports

Role in the sentence - moves and reports

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moves is averb and reportsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moves is recorded at frequency rank #36,510, classified as averb, 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 57548, this pair ranks #897,188 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moves vs reports

Shared letters: eos. Private to "moves": mv. Private to "reports": prt.

"moves" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "reports" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moves ← mmoves · moevs · movess · movse · movves · mvoes · omves
  • reports ← erports · reoprts · reporrts · reporst · reportss · reportts · repotrs · repports

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moves" and "reports" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moves" is a verb and "reports" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "moves" vs "reports" - which ranks higher?
"reports" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,038 in our German list, against #36,510 for "moves". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "moves" 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 #897,188 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moves" and "reports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moves vs puzzles". 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 #897,188 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