energyvsregineTell them apart

Which to use

“energy” and “regine” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,353
“energy” frequency rank
#32,738
“regine” frequency rank
41091
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature energy regine
Definition Fähigkeit Arbeit zu verrichten: Energie Plural des Substantivs regina

Letter map: energy vs regine

Shared letters muted; letters that set energy and regine apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. energy (VCVCCV) and regine (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
energy
6 ch
regine

Pair insight - energy / regine

energy and regine are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

energy is recorded at frequency rank #8,353, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. regine is at rank #32,738, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 41091, this pair ranks #1,489,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of energy vs regine

Shared letters: egnr. Private to "energy": y. Private to "regine": i.

"energy" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "regine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • energyeenrgy · enegry · energgy · energyy · enerrgy · eneryg · ennergy · enregy
  • regineergine · reggine · regien · reginne · regnie · reigne · rgeine · rregine

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "energy" and "regine" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "energy" vs "regine" - which ranks higher?
"energy" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,353 in our German list, against #32,738 for "regine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "energy" vs "regine" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "energy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,489,646 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "energy" and "regine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs regine". 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 #1,489,646 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list