reportvsreportanWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#14,943
“report” frequency rank
#13,558
“reportan” frequency rank
28501
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes report and reportan

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

6 ch
report
8 ch
reportan

Visual trap between report and reportan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: report is /ɹɪˈpɔːt/ while reportan is [reˈpoɾt̪ãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “report” sits inside “reportan”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28501, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

report is recorded at frequency rank #14,943, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɹɪˈpɔːt/. 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 28501, this pair ranks #221,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of report vs reportan

Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "report": -. Private to "reportan": an.

"report" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "reportan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reporterport · reoprt · reporrt · reportt · repotr · repport · reprot · rpeort
  • reportanerportan · reoprtan · reporatn · reporrtan · reportann · reportna · reporttan · repotran

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "report" for "reportan" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "report" is a noun and "reportan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "report" or "reportan"?
"reportan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,558 in our Spanish list, against #14,943 for "report". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "report" 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 #221,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "report" and "reportan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recortan vs reportan". 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 #221,724 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