Which to use
“foods” is a noun and “RegE” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,879
- “foods” frequency rank
- #11,736
- “RegE” frequency rank
- 55615
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foods | RegE |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs food | Abkürzung für Regierungsentwurf |
Letter map: foods vs RegE
Shared letters muted; letters that set foods and RegE apart highlighted. No shared letter run. foods runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against RegE's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - foods and RegE
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foods is anoun and RegEanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foods is recorded at frequency rank #43,879, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. RegE is at rank #11,736, tagged as anabbrev, 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 55615, this pair ranks #972,740 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foods vs RegE
Shared letters: none. Private to "foods": dfos. Private to "RegE": egr.
"foods" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "RegE" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foods" and "RegE" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "foods" or "RegE" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "foods" and "RegE".
- Full dictionary entry for "foods" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "RegE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #972,740 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foods" and "RegE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foods vs puzzles". 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 #972,740 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.