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

#22,491
“reponer” frequency rank
#36,795
“reporter” frequency rank
59286
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reponer reporter
Definition Volver a poner una cosa en el lugar o estado que tenía. Regresar.

Where the eye mixes reponer and reporter

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

7 ch
reponer
8 ch
reporter

Why the eye confuses reponer with reporter

A purely visual mix-up. reponer ([repoˈneɾ]) and reporter ([ʁə.pɔʁ.te]) 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 59286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reponer is recorded at frequency rank #22,491, classified as averb, pronounced [repoˈneɾ]. reporter is at rank #36,795, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁə.pɔʁ.te].

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 59286, this pair ranks #63,208 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reponer vs reporter

Shared letters: eopr. Private to "reponer": n. Private to "reporter": t.

"reponer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "reporter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reponererponer · reopner · repnoer · repoenr · reponerr · reponner · reponre · repponer
  • reportererporter · reoprter · reporetr · reporrter · reporterr · reportre · reportter · repotrer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reponer" for "reporter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([repoˈneɾ] versus [ʁə.pɔʁ.te]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reponer" or "reporter" show up more?
"reponer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,491 in our Spanish list, against #36,795 for "reporter". 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 "reponer" and "reporter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reponer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reporter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,208 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reponer" and "reporter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reporten vs reporter". 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 #63,208 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