report
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "report", 6-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "report" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "report" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
report is aEnglishverb. It means: To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something). Pronounced /ɹɪˈpɔːt/. It ranks #481 in English word frequency. Often confused with resort and revolt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | report |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈpɔːt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for report is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹɪˈpɔːt/. Corpus data places it at rank #481 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for report, with forms such as "erport", "reoprt", and "reporrt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "resort", "revolt", "Rupert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is report, spelled R-E-P-O-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- 2To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- 3To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
- 4To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
- 5To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- 6To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- 7To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
- 8To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- 9To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred.
- 10To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- 11To refer.
- 12To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
- 13Of a ship, to return to a port.
Etymology
From Middle English reporten, from Anglo-Norman reporter, from Latin reportāre (“to carry back, return, remit, refer”), from re- + portāre.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erport,reoprt,reporrt,reportt,repotr,repport,reprot,rpeort,rreport
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for report
Misspelling Variants of "report"
Frequency rank: #481 in English
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