reportadovsreportanConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#13,340
“reportado” frequency rank
#13,558
“reportan” frequency rank
26898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reportado reportan
Definition Sereno, moderado, prudente. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reportar o de reportarse.

Where the eye mixes reportado and reportan

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

9 ch
reportado
8 ch
reportan

Visual trap between reportado and reportan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reportado is [repoɾˈt̪að̞o] while reportan is [reˈpoɾt̪ãn]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26898, 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]. 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 26898, this pair ranks #229,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reportado vs reportan

Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "reportado": d. Private to "reportan": n.

"reportado" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCV  ·  "reportan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportadoerportado · reoprtado · reporatdo · reporrtado · reportaddo · reportaod · reportdao · reporttado
  • reportanerportan · reoprtan · reporatn · reporrtan · reportann · reportna · reporttan · repotran

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reportado" and "reportan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reportado" is an adjective and "reportan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reportado" or "reportan"?
"reportado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,340 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "reportado" and "reportan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reportado" 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 #229,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reportado" 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 #229,430 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