recorrenvsreportenTell them apart

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

#18,664
“recorren” frequency rank
#44,413
“reporten” frequency rank
63077
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recorren reporten
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de recorrer. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de reportar o de reportarse.

Where the eye mixes recorren and reporten

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. recorren and reporten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
recorren
8 ch
reporten

Visual trap between recorren and reporten

A purely visual mix-up. recorren ([reˈkorẽn]) and reporten ([reˈpoɾt̪ẽn]) 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 63077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recorren is recorded at frequency rank #18,664, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈkorẽn]. reporten is at rank #44,413, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈpoɾt̪ẽn].

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 63077, this pair ranks #49,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recorren vs reporten

Shared letters: enor. Private to "recorren": c. Private to "reporten": pt.

"recorren" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "reporten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recorrenercorren · rceorren · reccorren · recoren · recorern · recorrenn · recorrne · recroren
  • reportenerporten · reoprten · reporetn · reporrten · reportenn · reportne · reportten · repotren

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recorren" and "reporten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈkorẽn] versus [reˈpoɾt̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "recorren" or "reporten"?
"recorren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,664 in our Spanish list, against #44,413 for "reporten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "recorren" and "reporten" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recorren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reporten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,932 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recorren" and "reporten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recortan vs reporten". 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 #49,932 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