Which to use
“reposan” and “reposar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,831
- “reposan” frequency rank
- #28,142
- “reposar” frequency rank
- 71973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reposan | reposar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reposar o de reposarse. | Descansar, dar intermisión a la fatiga o al trabajo. |
Where the eye mixes reposan and reposar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. reposan and reposar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: reposan vs reposar
A purely visual mix-up. reposan ([reˈposãn]) and reposar ([repoˈsaɾ]) 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 “reposan” becomes r in “reposar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reposan is recorded at frequency rank #43,831, classified as averb, pronounced [reˈposãn]. reposar is at rank #28,142, tagged as averb, pronounced [repoˈsaɾ].
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 71973, this pair ranks #26,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reposan vs reposar
Shared letters: aeoprs. Private to "reposan": n. Private to "reposar": -.
"reposan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "reposar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "reposan" and "reposar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reposan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reposar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reposan" and "reposar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reposan vs retoman". 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 #26,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.