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

#48,653
“recortan” frequency rank
#12,238
“reporta” frequency rank
60891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recortan reporta
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de recortar o de recortarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reportar o de reportarse.

Where the eye mixes recortan and reporta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
recortan
7 ch
reporta

Look-alike desk: recortan vs reporta

A purely visual mix-up. recortan ([reˈkoɾt̪ãn]) and reporta ([reˈpoɾt̪a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recortan is recorded at frequency rank #48,653, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈkoɾt̪ãn]. reporta is at rank #12,238, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈpoɾt̪a].

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 60891, this pair ranks #57,307 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of recortan vs reporta

Shared letters: aeort. Private to "recortan": cn. Private to "reporta": p.

"recortan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "reporta" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recortanercortan · rceortan · reccortan · recoratn · recorrtan · recortann · recortna · recorttan
  • reportaerporta · reoprta · reporat · reporrta · reportta · repotra · repporta · reprota

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "recortan" and "reporta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈkoɾt̪ãn] versus [reˈpoɾt̪a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "recortan" or "reporta" show up more?
"reporta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,238 in our Spanish list, against #48,653 for "recortan". 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 "recortan" and "reporta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recortan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reporta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,307 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recortan" and "reporta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recogían 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 #57,307 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