Which to use
“reputed” is a verb and “reputedly” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,757
- “reputed” frequency rank
- #48,452
- “reputedly” frequency rank
- 69209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reputed | reputedly |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of repute | According to repute or general belief. |
Letter map: reputed vs reputedly
Shared letters muted; letters that set reputed and reputedly apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Role in the sentence - reputed and reputedly
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reputed is averb and reputedlyanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “reputed” sits inside “reputedly”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reputed is recorded at frequency rank #20,757, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈpju.tɪd/. 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 69209, this pair ranks #55,528 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reputed vs reputedly
Shared letters: deprtu. Private to "reputed": -. Private to "reputedly": ly.
"reputed" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "reputedly" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reputed" and "reputedly" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "reputed" or "reputedly" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "reputed" and "reputedly".
- Full dictionary entry for "reputed" 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 #55,528 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reputed" and "reputedly" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repute vs reputed". 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 #55,528 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.