Which to use
“reporter” and “reportés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,745
- “reporter” frequency rank
- #35,250
- “reportés” frequency rank
- 41995
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reporter | reportés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rapporter une chose au lieu où elle était auparavant. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de reporter. |
Same sound, different letters: reporter vs reportés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. reporter and reportés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: reporter vs reportés
This is the hard kind. reporter and reportés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.pɔʁ.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reporter is recorded at frequency rank #6,745, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\. reportés is at rank #35,250, 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 41995, this pair ranks #228,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reporter vs reportés
Shared letters: eoprt. Private to "reporter": -. Private to "reportés": sé.
"reporter" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "reportés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- reporter ← erporter · reoprter · reporetr · reporrter · reporterr · reportre · reportter · repotrer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reporter" for "reportés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "reporter" or "reportés" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "reporter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reportés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,993 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reporter" and "reportés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repérées vs reportés". 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 #228,993 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.