evenvsregineConfusable pair

Quick tell: even is a adjective, regine is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“even” is an adjective and “regine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,532
“even” frequency rank
#32,738
“regine” frequency rank
51270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature even regine
Definition eben, ausgeglichen Plural des Substantivs regina

Letter map: even vs regine

Shared letters muted; letters that set even and regine apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. even runs 4 letters (VCVC) against regine's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
even
6 ch
regine

Grammar separator: even vs regine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: even is anadjective and regineanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

even is recorded at frequency rank #18,532, classified as anadj, 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 51270, this pair ranks #1,141,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of even vs regine

Shared letters: en. Private to "even": v. Private to "regine": gir.

"even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "regine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eveneevn · evenn · evne · evven · veen
  • regineergine · reggine · regien · reginne · regnie · reigne · rgeine · rregine

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "even" and "regine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "even" is an adjective and "regine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "even" or "regine" show up more?
"even" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,532 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "even" and "regine".

  • Full dictionary entry for "even" 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 #1,141,885 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "even" 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 #1,141,885 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