Which to use
“reformed” is an adjective and “reported” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,842
- “reformed” frequency rank
- #1,096
- “reported” frequency rank
- 13938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reformed | reported |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. | simple past and past participle of report |
Letter map: reformed vs reported
Shared letters muted; letters that set reformed and reported apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - reformed and reported
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reformed is anadjective and reportedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reformed is recorded at frequency rank #12,842, classified as anadj. reported is at rank #1,096, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈpɔɹtɪd/.
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 13938, this pair ranks #472,985 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reformed vs reported
Shared letters: deor. Private to "reformed": fm. Private to "reported": pt.
"reformed" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "reported" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reformed" and "reported" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "reformed" vs "reported" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "reformed" and "reported".
- Full dictionary entry for "reformed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reported" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #472,985 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reformed" and "reported" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reformed vs retorted". 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 #472,985 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.