reportingvsreviewsConfusable pair

Which to use

“reporting” and “reviews” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#39,594
“reporting” frequency rank
#16,812
“reviews” frequency rank
56406
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reporting reviews
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs report 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs review

Letter map: reporting vs reviews

Shared letters muted; letters that set reporting and reviews apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. reporting runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against reviews's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
reporting
7 ch
reviews

Pair insight - reporting / reviews

reporting and reviews are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reporting is recorded at frequency rank #39,594, classified as averb, pronounced […]. reviews is at rank #16,812, tagged as averb, 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 56406, this pair ranks #941,409 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reporting vs reviews

Shared letters: eir. Private to "reporting": gnopt. Private to "reviews": svw.

"reporting" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "reviews" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportingerporting · reoprting · reporitng · reporrting · reportign · reportingg · reportinng · reportnig
  • reviewserviews · reivews · reveiws · reviesw · reviewss · reviewws · reviwes · revviews

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reporting" and "reviews" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "reporting" vs "reviews" - which ranks higher?
"reviews" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,812 in our German list, against #39,594 for "reporting". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "reporting" and "reviews".

  • Full dictionary entry for "reporting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reviews" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #941,409 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reporting" and "reviews" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs reporting". 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 #941,409 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