Which to use
“reportado” is an adjective and “reportados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,340
- “reportado” frequency rank
- #27,760
- “reportados” frequency rank
- 41100
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reportado | reportados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sereno, moderado, prudente. | Forma del plural de reportado, participio de reportar o de reportarse. |
Where the eye mixes reportado and reportados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. reportado runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCV) against reportados's 10 (CVCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses reportado with reportados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reportado is [repoɾˈt̪að̞o] while reportados is [repoɾˈt̪að̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “reportado” sits inside “reportados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41100, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reportado is recorded at frequency rank #13,340, classified as anadj, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪að̞o]. reportados is at rank #27,760, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪að̞os].
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 41100, this pair ranks #155,510 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reportado vs reportados
Shared letters: adeoprt. Private to "reportado": -. Private to "reportados": s.
"reportado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV · "reportados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reportado ← erportado · reoprtado · reporatdo · reporrtado · reportaddo · reportaod · reportdao · reporttado
- reportados ← erportados · reoprtados · reporatdos · reporrtados · reportaddos · reportadoss · reportadso · reportaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reportado" for "reportados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "reportado" vs "reportados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "reportado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reportados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,510 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reportado" and "reportados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reportadas vs reportados". 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 #155,510 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.