reparanvsreposanTell them apart

Which to use

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

#46,787
“reparan” frequency rank
#43,831
“reposan” frequency rank
90618
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reparan reposan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reparar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reposar o de reposarse.

Where the eye mixes reparan and reposan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. reparan and reposan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
reparan
7 ch
reposan

Look-alike desk: reparan vs reposan

A purely visual mix-up. reparan ([reˈpaɾãn]) and reposan ([reˈposãn]) 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 90618, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reparan is recorded at frequency rank #46,787, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈpaɾãn]. reposan is at rank #43,831, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈposãn].

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 90618, this pair ranks #2,404 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reparan vs reposan

Shared letters: aenpr. Private to "reparan": -. Private to "reposan": os.

"reparan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "reposan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reparanerparan · reapran · repaarn · reparann · reparna · reparran · repparan · repraan
  • reposanerposan · reopsan · repoasn · reposann · reposna · repossan · repposan · repsoan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reparan" and "reposan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈpaɾãn] versus [reˈposãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reparan" or "reposan" show up more?
"reposan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,831 in our Spanish list, against #46,787 for "reparan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reparan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reposan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,404 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reparan" and "reposan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regirán vs reparan". 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 #2,404 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