reportavsreportanTell them apart

Which to use

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

#12,238
“reporta” frequency rank
#13,558
“reportan” frequency rank
25796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reporta reportan
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reportar o de reportarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reportar o de reportarse.

Where the eye mixes reporta and reportan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
reporta
8 ch
reportan

Why the eye confuses reporta with reportan

A purely visual mix-up. reporta ([reˈpoɾt̪a]) 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 extra letter(s) - “reporta” sits inside “reportan”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reporta is recorded at frequency rank #12,238, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈpoɾt̪a]. 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 25796, this pair ranks #234,763 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reporta vs reportan

Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "reporta": -. Private to "reportan": n.

"reporta" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "reportan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportaerporta · reoprta · reporat · reporrta · reportta · repotra · repporta · reprota
  • reportanerportan · reoprtan · reporatn · reporrtan · reportann · reportna · reporttan · repotran

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reporta" for "reportan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈpoɾt̪a] versus [reˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "reporta" or "reportan"?
"reporta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,238 in our Spanish list, against #13,558 for "reportan". 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 "reporta" 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 #234,763 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reporta" 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 #234,763 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