Which to use
“recortado” is an adjective and “reportados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,088
- “recortado” frequency rank
- #27,760
- “reportados” frequency rank
- 58848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recortado | reportados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cortado de modo que todavía quede gran parte del cuerpo principal. | Forma del plural de reportado, participio de reportar o de reportarse. |
Where the eye mixes recortado and reportados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. recortado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against reportados's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses recortado with reportados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: recortado is [rekoɾˈt̪að̞o] while reportados is [repoɾˈt̪að̞os]. 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 (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recortado is recorded at frequency rank #31,088, classified as anadj, pronounced [rekoɾˈt̪að̞o]. reportados is at rank #27,760, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪að̞os].
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 58848, this pair ranks #64,923 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recortado vs reportados
Shared letters: adeort. Private to "recortado": c. Private to "reportados": ps.
"recortado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "reportados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- recortado ← ercortado · rceortado · reccortado · recoratdo · recorrtado · recortaddo · recortaod · recortdao
- reportados ← erportados · reoprtados · reporatdos · reporrtados · reportaddos · reportadoss · reportadso · reportaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recortado" for "reportados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "recortado" or "reportados"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "recortado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reportados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,923 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recortado" and "reportados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recortado vs recortan". 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 #64,923 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.