reparovsrepasaTell them apart

Quick tell: reparo is a noun, repasa is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reparo” is a noun and “repasa” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,817
“reparo” frequency rank
#32,850
“repasa” frequency rank
62667
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reparo repasa
Definition Restauración o remedio. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de repasar.

Where the eye mixes reparo and repasa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. reparo and repasa follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
reparo
6 ch
repasa

Look-alike desk: reparo vs repasa

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reparo is [reˈpaɾo] while repasa is [reˈpasa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reparo is recorded at frequency rank #29,817, classified as anoun, pronounced [reˈpaɾo]. repasa is at rank #32,850, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈpasa].

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 62667, this pair ranks #51,237 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reparo vs repasa

Shared letters: aepr. Private to "reparo": o. Private to "repasa": s.

"reparo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "repasa" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reparo ← erparo · reapro · repaor · reparro · repparo · reprao · rpearo · rreparo
  • repasa ← erpasa · reapsa · repaas · repassa · reppasa · repsaa · rpeasa · rrepasa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reparo" and "repasa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reparo" is a noun and "repasa" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reparo" or "repasa" show up more?
"reparo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,817 in our Spanish list, against #32,850 for "repasa". 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 "reparo" and "repasa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reparo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repasa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,237 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reparo" and "repasa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regado vs reparo". 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 #51,237 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