repartenvsreportanConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#20,804
“reparten” frequency rank
#13,558
“reportan” frequency rank
34362
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reparten reportan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de repartir. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reportar o de reportarse.

Where the eye mixes reparten and reportan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. reparten and reportan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
reparten
8 ch
reportan

Why the eye confuses reparten with reportan

A purely visual mix-up. reparten ([reˈpaɾt̪ẽn]) and reportan ([reˈpoɾt̪ãn]) 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 34362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reparten is recorded at frequency rank #20,804, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈpaɾt̪ẽn]. reportan is at rank #13,558, tagged as averb, pronounced [reˈpoɾt̪ãn].

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 34362, this pair ranks #191,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reparten vs reportan

Shared letters: aenprt. Private to "reparten": -. Private to "reportan": o.

"reparten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "reportan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reparten ← erparten · reaprten · reparetn · reparrten · repartenn · repartne · repartten · repatren
  • reportan ← erportan · reoprtan · reporatn · reporrtan · reportann · reportna · reporttan · repotran

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reparten" and "reportan" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([reˈpaɾt̪ẽn] versus [reˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reparten" vs "reportan" - which ranks higher?
"reportan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,558 in our Spanish list, against #20,804 for "reparten". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reparten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #191,869 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reparten" and "reportan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reparten vs repartía". 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 #191,869 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