repeatedlyvsreputedlyConfusable pair

Which to use

“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.

10 ch
repeatedly
9 ch
reputedly

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

Is swapping "repeatedly" for "reputedly" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 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: "repeatedly" vs "reputedly" - which ranks higher?
"repeatedly" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,077 in our English list, against #48,452 for "reputedly". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list