reportvsreporteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#14,943
“report” frequency rank
#4,546
“reporte” frequency rank
19489
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature report reporte
Definition Informe, reporte. Suceso o novedad que se comunica.

Where the eye mixes report and reporte

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

6 ch
report
7 ch
reporte

Why the eye confuses report with reporte

A purely visual mix-up. report (/ɹɪˈpɔːt/) and reporte ([reˈpoɾt̪e]) 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 extra letter(s) - “report” sits inside “reporte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19489, 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/. reporte is at rank #4,546, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈpoɾt̪e].

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 19489, this pair ranks #263,520 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of report vs reporte

Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "report": -. Private to "reporte": -.

"report" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "reporte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reporterport · reoprt · reporrt · reportt · repotr · repport · reprot · rpeort
  • reporteerporte · reoprte · reporet · reporrte · reportte · repotre · repporte · reprote

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "report" for "reporte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ɹɪˈpɔːt/ versus [reˈpoɾt̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "report" or "reporte"?
"reporte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,546 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "report" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reporte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #263,520 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "report" and "reporte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "report vs reporten". 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 #263,520 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