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“repeatedly” and “reputedly” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,077
- “repeatedly” frequency rank
- #48,452
- “reputedly” frequency rank
- 53529
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repeatedly | reputedly |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Done several times or in repetition. | According to repute or general belief. |
Letter map: repeatedly vs reputedly
Shared letters muted; letters that set repeatedly and reputedly apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. repeatedly runs 10 letters (CVCVVCVCCV) against reputedly's 9 (CVCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: repeatedly and reputedly
repeatedly and reputedly are indexed as a confusable English 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repeatedly is recorded at frequency rank #5,077, classified as anadv, pronounced /ɹɪˈpiːtɪdli/. reputedly is at rank #48,452, tagged as anadv.
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 53529, this pair ranks #148,224 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of repeatedly vs reputedly
Shared letters: delprty. Private to "repeatedly": a. Private to "reputedly": u.
"repeatedly" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV · "reputedly" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- repeatedly ← erpeatedly · reepatedly · repaetedly · repeaetdly · repeatdely · repeateddly · repeatedlly · repeatedlyy
- reputedly ← erputedly · repputedly · reptuedly · repuetdly · reputdely · reputeddly · reputedlly · reputedlyy
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "repeatedly" vs "reputedly" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "repeatedly" and "reputedly". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "repeatedly" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reputedly" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,224 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repeatedly" and "reputedly" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reputed vs reputedly". 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 #148,224 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.