reportenvsreportóTell them apart

Which to use

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

#44,413
“reporten” frequency rank
#12,914
“reportó” frequency rank
57327
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reporten reportó
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de reportar o de reportarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de reportar.

Where the eye mixes reporten and reportó

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. reporten runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against reportó's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
reporten
7 ch
reportó

Look-alike desk: reporten vs reportó

A purely visual mix-up. reporten ([reˈpoɾt̪ẽn]) and reportó ([repoɾˈt̪o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reporten is recorded at frequency rank #44,413, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈpoɾt̪ẽn]. reportó is at rank #12,914, tagged as averb, pronounced [repoɾˈt̪o].

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 57327, this pair ranks #70,929 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reporten vs reportó

Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "reporten": n. Private to "reportó": ó.

"reporten" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "reportó" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reporten ← erporten · reoprten · reporetn · reporrten · reportenn · reportne · reportten · repotren

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reporten" and "reportó" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([reˈpoɾt̪ẽn] versus [repoɾˈt̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reporten" vs "reportó" - which ranks higher?
"reportó" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,914 in our Spanish list, against #44,413 for "reporten". 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 "reporten" and "reportó" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reporten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportó" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,929 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reporten" and "reportó" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recortan vs reporten". 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 #70,929 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