reportadavsreportadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: reportada is a participle, reportado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reportada” is a participle and “reportado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,294
“reportada” frequency rank
#13,340
“reportado” frequency rank
50634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reportada reportado
Definition Forma del femenino de reportado, participio de reportar o de reportarse. Sereno, moderado, prudente.

Where the eye mixes reportada and reportado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
reportada
9 ch
reportado

Look-alike desk: reportada vs reportado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reportada is [repoɾˈt̪að̞a] while reportado is [repoɾˈt̪að̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “reportada” becomes o in “reportado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reportada is recorded at frequency rank #37,294, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪að̞a]. reportado is at rank #13,340, tagged as anadj, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪að̞o].

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 50634, this pair ranks #102,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reportada vs reportado

Shared letters: adeoprt. Private to "reportada": -. Private to "reportado": -.

"reportada" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "reportado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportadaerportada · reoprtada · reporatda · reporrtada · reportaad · reportadda · reportdaa · reporttada
  • reportadoerportado · reoprtado · reporatdo · reporrtado · reportaddo · reportaod · reportdao · reporttado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reportada" and "reportado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reportada" is a participle and "reportado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reportada" vs "reportado" - which ranks higher?
"reportado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,340 in our Spanish list, against #37,294 for "reportada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reportada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #102,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reportada" and "reportado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reportada vs reportadas". 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 #102,150 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