reportadovsreportadosWhat's the difference?

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

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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set reportado and reportados apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
reportado
10 ch
reportados

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

  • reportadoerportado · reoprtado · reporatdo · reporrtado · reportaddo · reportaod · reportdao · reporttado
  • reportadoserportados · reoprtados · reporatdos · reporrtados · reportaddos · reportadoss · reportadso · reportaods

Frequency comparison

reportado#13,340
reportados#27,760

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reportado" and "reportados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reportado" is an adjective and "reportados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reportado" or "reportados"?
"reportado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,340 in our Spanish list, against #27,760 for "reportados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering reportado vs reportados

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “reportado”; for a participle, it's “reportados”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “reportado” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list