repartíanvsreportanWhich spelling fits?

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

#46,178
“repartían” frequency rank
#13,558
“reportan” frequency rank
59736
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature repartían reportan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto 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 repartían and reportan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. repartían runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against reportan's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
repartían
8 ch
reportan

Why the eye confuses repartían with reportan

A purely visual mix-up. repartían ([repaɾˈt̪iãn]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59736, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

repartían is recorded at frequency rank #46,178, classified as averb, pronounced [repaɾˈt̪iãn]. 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 59736, this pair ranks #61,510 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of repartían vs reportan

Shared letters: aenprt. Private to "repartían": í. Private to "reportan": o.

"repartían" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "reportan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportan ← erportan · reoprtan · reporatn · reporrtan · reportann · reportna · reporttan · repotran

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "repartían" and "reportan" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([repaɾˈt̪iãn] versus [reˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "repartían" or "reportan" show up more?
"reportan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,558 in our Spanish list, against #46,178 for "repartían". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "repartían" 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 #61,510 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "repartían" and "reportan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartía vs repartían". 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 #61,510 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