gradesvsregineWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#15,903
“grades” frequency rank
#32,738
“regine” frequency rank
48641
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grades regine
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs grade Plural des Substantivs regina

Letter map: grades vs regine

Shared letters muted; letters that set grades and regine apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. grades (CCVCVC) and regine (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
grades
6 ch
regine

Grammar separator: grades vs regine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grades is averb and regineanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grades is recorded at frequency rank #15,903, classified as averb, 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 48641, this pair ranks #1,241,045 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grades vs regine

Shared letters: egr. Private to "grades": ads. Private to "regine": in.

"grades" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "regine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gradesgardes · ggrades · graddes · gradess · gradse · graeds · grdaes · grrades
  • regineergine · reggine · regien · reginne · regnie · reigne · rgeine · rregine

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "grades" and "regine" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "grades" is a verb and "regine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "grades" or "regine" show up more?
"grades" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,903 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "grades" 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 #1,241,045 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grades" 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 #1,241,045 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