Which to use
“repetition” is a noun and “reposition” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,489
- “repetition” frequency rank
- #41,348
- “reposition” frequency rank
- 56837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repetition | reposition |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated. | To put into a new position |
Letter map: repetition vs reposition
Shared letters muted; letters that set repetition and reposition apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.
Part-of-speech tell for repetition / reposition
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: repetition is anoun and repositionaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
repetition is recorded at frequency rank #15,489, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/. reposition is at rank #41,348, tagged as averb.
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 56837, this pair ranks #123,390 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of repetition vs reposition
Shared letters: einoprt. Private to "repetition": -. Private to "reposition": s.
"repetition" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "reposition" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repetition ← erpetition · reeptition · repeittion · repetiiton · repetision · repetitino · repetitionn · repetitoin
- reposition ← erposition · reopsition · repoistion · reposiiton · reposision · repositino · repositionn · repositoin
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "repetition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reposition" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #123,390 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repetition" and "reposition" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repetition vs repetitive". 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 #123,390 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.