Which to use
“repetition” and “reputation” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,489
- “repetition” frequency rank
- #3,193
- “reputation” frequency rank
- 18682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | repetition | reputation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated. | What somebody or something is known for. |
Where the eye mixes repetition and reputation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. repetition and reputation follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: repetition vs reputation
A purely visual mix-up. repetition (/ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/) and reputation (/ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18682, 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/. reputation is at rank #3,193, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/.
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 18682, this pair ranks #443,229 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of repetition vs reputation
Shared letters: einoprt. Private to "repetition": -. Private to "reputation": au.
"repetition" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "reputation" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- repetition ← erpetition · reeptition · repeittion · repetiiton · repetision · repetitino · repetitionn · repetitoin
- reputation ← erputation · repputation · reptuation · repuattion · reputaiton · reputasion · reputatino · reputationn
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "repetition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reputation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #443,229 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "repetition" and "reputation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repetition vs reposition". 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 #443,229 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.