reportanvsreportarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“reportan” and “reportar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,558
“reportan” frequency rank
#11,303
“reportar” frequency rank
24861
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reportan reportar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reportar o de reportarse. Contener, refrenar o reprimir.

Where the eye mixes reportan and reportar

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

8 ch
reportan
8 ch
reportar

Visual trap between reportan and reportar

A purely visual mix-up. reportan ([reˈpoɾt̪ãn]) and reportar ([repoɾˈt̪aɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “reportan” becomes r in “reportar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24861, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reportan is recorded at frequency rank #13,558, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈpoɾt̪ãn]. reportar is at rank #11,303, tagged as averb, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪aɾ].

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 24861, this pair ranks #239,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reportan vs reportar

Shared letters: aeoprt. Private to "reportan": n. Private to "reportar": -.

"reportan" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "reportar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportanerportan · reoprtan · reporatn · reporrtan · reportann · reportna · reporttan · repotran
  • reportarerportar · reoprtar · reporatr · reporrtar · reportarr · reportra · reporttar · repotrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reportan" for "reportar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([reˈpoɾt̪ãn] versus [repoɾˈt̪aɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "reportan" or "reportar"?
"reportar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,303 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reportan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,150 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reportan" and "reportar" 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 #239,150 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