Which to use
“reportados” is a participle and “reporteros” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,760
- “reportados” frequency rank
- #15,473
- “reporteros” frequency rank
- 43233
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reportados | reporteros |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de reportado, participio de reportar o de reportarse. | Forma del plural de reportero. |
Where the eye mixes reportados and reporteros
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. reportados and reporteros follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: reportados vs reporteros
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reportados is [repoɾˈt̪að̞os] while reporteros is [repoɾˈt̪eɾos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43233, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reportados is recorded at frequency rank #27,760, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪að̞os]. reporteros is at rank #15,473, tagged as anoun, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪eɾos].
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 43233, this pair ranks #143,809 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reportados vs reporteros
Shared letters: eoprst. Private to "reportados": ad. Private to "reporteros": -.
"reportados" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC · "reporteros" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reportados ← erportados · reoprtados · reporatdos · reporrtados · reportaddos · reportadoss · reportadso · reportaods
- reporteros ← erporteros · reoprteros · reporetros · reporrteros · reporteors · reporteross · reporterros · reporterso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reportados" for "reporteros" ever safe?
Which is more common, "reportados" or "reporteros"?
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 "reportados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reporteros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,809 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reportados" and "reporteros" 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 #143,809 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.