reportavsreportesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#12,238
“reporta” frequency rank
#7,488
“reportes” frequency rank
19726
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reporta reportes
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reportar o de reportarse. Forma del plural de reporte.

Where the eye mixes reporta and reportes

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

7 ch
reporta
8 ch
reportes

Visual trap between reporta and reportes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reporta is [reˈpoɾt̪a] while reportes is [reˈpoɾt̪es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19726, 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]. reportes is at rank #7,488, tagged as anoun, pronounced [reˈpoɾt̪es].

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 19726, this pair ranks #262,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reporta vs reportes

Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "reporta": a. Private to "reportes": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportaerporta · reoprta · reporat · reporrta · reportta · repotra · repporta · reprota
  • reporteserportes · reoprtes · reporets · reporrtes · reportess · reportse · reporttes · repotres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reporta" and "reportes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reporta" is a verb and "reportes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reporta" or "reportes"?
"reportes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,488 in our Spanish list, against #12,238 for "reporta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reporta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reporta" and "reportes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recortan vs reporta". 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 #262,443 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