reportajevsreportanWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#7,223
“reportaje” frequency rank
#13,558
“reportan” frequency rank
20781
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reportaje reportan
Definition Cobertura o investigación de carácter informativo, que se realiza sobre un suceso, personaje, tema, etc., y tiene por objeto su difusión a través de un medio de comunicación. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reportar o de reportarse.

Where the eye mixes reportaje and reportan

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

9 ch
reportaje
8 ch
reportan

Look-alike desk: reportaje vs reportan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reportaje is [repoɾˈt̪axe] 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reportaje is recorded at frequency rank #7,223, classified as anoun, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪axe]. 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 20781, this pair ranks #257,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reportaje vs reportan

Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "reportaje": j. Private to "reportan": n.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportajeerportaje · reoprtaje · reporatje · reporrtaje · reportaej · reportajje · reportjae · reporttaje
  • reportanerportan · reoprtan · reporatn · reporrtan · reportann · reportna · reporttan · repotran

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reportaje" and "reportan" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reportaje" is a noun and "reportan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "reportaje" or "reportan" show up more?
"reportaje" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,223 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 "reportaje" and "reportan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reportaje" 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 #257,820 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reportaje" 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 #257,820 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