reportsvsrisingTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#21,038
“reports” frequency rank
#29,309
“rising” frequency rank
50347
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reports rising
Definition Plural des Substantivs report Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs rise

Letter map: reports vs rising

Shared letters muted; letters that set reports and rising apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. reports runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against rising's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
reports
6 ch
rising

Role in the sentence - reports and rising

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reports is anoun and risingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reports is recorded at frequency rank #21,038, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. rising is at rank #29,309, 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 50347, this pair ranks #1,177,161 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reports vs rising

Shared letters: rs. Private to "reports": eopt. Private to "rising": gin.

"reports" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "rising" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportserports · reoprts · reporrts · reporst · reportss · reportts · repotrs · repports
  • risingirsing · riisng · risign · risingg · risinng · risnig · rissing · rrising

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reports" and "rising" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reports" is a noun and "rising" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reports" or "rising"?
"reports" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,038 in our German list, against #29,309 for "rising". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "reports" vs "rising" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reports" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rising" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,177,161 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reports" and "rising" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rising". 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 #1,177,161 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