réforméesvsreportéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: réformées is a adjective, reportées is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réformées” is an adjective and “reportées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,926
“réformées” frequency rank
#43,636
“reportées” frequency rank
93562
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réformées reportées
Definition Féminin pluriel de réformé. Participe passé féminin pluriel de reporter.

Where the eye mixes réformées and reportées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. réformées and reportées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
réformées
9 ch
reportées

Visual trap between réformées and reportées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réformées is \ʁe.fɔʁ.me\ while reportées is \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réformées is recorded at frequency rank #49,926, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁe.fɔʁ.me\. reportées is at rank #43,636, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\.

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 93562, this pair ranks #2,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réformées vs reportées

Shared letters: eorsé. Private to "réformées": fm. Private to "reportées": pt.

"réformées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "reportées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réformées" and "reportées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réformées" is an adjective and "reportées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "réformées" or "reportées"?
"reportées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,636 in our French list, against #49,926 for "réformées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "réformées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reportées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,180 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réformées" and "reportées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "réformées vs renommées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #2,180 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list