Which to use
“recortada” is a noun and “reportadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,501
- “recortada” frequency rank
- #43,830
- “reportadas” frequency rank
- 84331
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recortada | reportadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Escopeta recortada. | Forma del femenino plural de reportado, participio de reportar o de reportarse. |
Where the eye mixes recortada and reportadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. recortada runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against reportadas's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: recortada vs reportadas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recortada is [rekoɾˈt̪að̞a] while reportadas is [repoɾˈt̪að̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recortada is recorded at frequency rank #40,501, classified as anoun, pronounced [rekoɾˈt̪að̞a]. reportadas is at rank #43,830, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪að̞as].
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 84331, this pair ranks #7,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recortada vs reportadas
Shared letters: adeort. Private to "recortada": c. Private to "reportadas": ps.
"recortada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "reportadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recortada ← ercortada · rceortada · reccortada · recoratda · recorrtada · recortaad · recortadda · recortdaa
- reportadas ← erportadas · reoprtadas · reporatdas · reporrtadas · reportaads · reportadass · reportaddas · reportadsa
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recortada" and "reportadas" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recortada" vs "reportadas" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "recortada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reportadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recortada" and "reportadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recordadas 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 #7,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.