reportsvsunpluggedTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#21,038
“reports” frequency rank
#34,953
“unplugged” frequency rank
55991
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reports unplugged
Definition Plural des Substantivs report Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs unplug

Letter map: reports vs unplugged

Shared letters muted; letters that set reports and unplugged apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. reports runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against unplugged's 9 (VCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
reports
9 ch
unplugged

Role in the sentence - reports and unplugged

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reports is anoun and unpluggedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reports is recorded at frequency rank #21,038, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. unplugged is at rank #34,953, 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 55991, this pair ranks #957,839 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reports vs unplugged

Shared letters: ep. Private to "reports": orst. Private to "unplugged": dglnu.

"reports" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "unplugged" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportserports · reoprts · reporrts · reporst · reportss · reportts · repotrs · repports
  • unpluggednuplugged · unlpugged · unnplugged · unplguged · unpllugged · unpluged · unplugegd · unpluggde

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reports" for "unplugged" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reports" is a noun and "unplugged" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reports" or "unplugged"?
"reports" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,038 in our German list, against #34,953 for "unplugged". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "reports" and "unplugged".

  • Full dictionary entry for "reports" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "unplugged" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #957,839 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reports" and "unplugged" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs unplugged". 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 #957,839 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