repararvsreportarConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,951
“reparar” frequency rank
#16,601
“reportar” frequency rank
25552
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reparar reportar
Definition consertar noticiar

Letter map: reparar vs reportar

Shared letters muted; letters that set reparar and reportar apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. reparar runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against reportar's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
reparar
8 ch
reportar

Corpus notes: reparar and reportar

reparar and reportar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reparar is recorded at frequency rank #8,951, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.pɐ.ˈɾaɾ/. reportar is at rank #16,601, tagged as averb.

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 25552, this pair ranks #43,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reparar vs reportar

Shared letters: aepr. Private to "reparar": -. Private to "reportar": ot.

"reparar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "reportar" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reparar ← erparar · reaprar · repaarr · repararr · reparra · reparrar · repparar · repraar
  • reportar ← erportar · reoprtar · reporatr · reporrtar · reportarr · reportra · reporttar · repotrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reparar" and "reportar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "reparar" or "reportar" show up more?
"reparar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,951 in our Portuguese list, against #16,601 for "reportar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "reparar" and "reportar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "reparar" 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 #43,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reparar" and "reportar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "repartir vs reportar". 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 #43,751 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list