recordadavsreportadaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“recordada” and “reportada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#27,754
“recordada” frequency rank
#37,294
“reportada” frequency rank
65048
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recordada reportada
Definition Forma del femenino de recordado, participio de recordar. Forma del femenino de reportado, participio de reportar o de reportarse.

Where the eye mixes recordada and reportada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
recordada
9 ch
reportada

Look-alike desk: recordada vs reportada

A purely visual mix-up. recordada ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞a]) and reportada ([repoɾˈt̪að̞a]) 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 65048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recordada is recorded at frequency rank #27,754, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [rekoɾˈð̞að̞a]. reportada is at rank #37,294, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪að̞a].

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 65048, this pair ranks #43,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recordada vs reportada

Shared letters: adeor. Private to "recordada": c. Private to "reportada": pt.

"recordada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "reportada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordadaercordada · rceordada · reccordada · recodrada · recoradda · recordaad · recordadda · recorddaa
  • reportadaerportada · reoprtada · reporatda · reporrtada · reportaad · reportadda · reportdaa · reporttada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "recordada" for "reportada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([rekoɾˈð̞að̞a] versus [repoɾˈt̪að̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "recordada" vs "reportada" - which ranks higher?
"recordada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,754 in our Spanish list, against #37,294 for "reportada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recordada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recordada" and "reportada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reportada vs reportadas". 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 #43,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list