reportvsreportarTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#14,943
“report” frequency rank
#11,303
“reportar” frequency rank
26246
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature report reportar
Definition Informe, reporte. Contener, refrenar o reprimir.

Where the eye mixes report and reportar

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

6 ch
report
8 ch
reportar

Why the eye confuses report with reportar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: report is /ɹɪˈpɔːt/ while reportar is [repoɾˈt̪aɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “report” sits inside “reportar”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26246, 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/. reportar is at rank #11,303, tagged as averb, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪aɾ].

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 26246, this pair ranks #232,596 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of report vs reportar

Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "report": -. Private to "reportar": a.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reporterport · reoprt · reporrt · reportt · repotr · repport · reprot · rpeort
  • reportarerportar · reoprtar · reporatr · reporrtar · reportarr · reportra · reporttar · repotrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "report" and "reportar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "report" is a noun and "reportar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "report" or "reportar"?
"reportar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,303 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "report" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,596 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "report" and "reportar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recortan vs reportar". 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 #232,596 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