RadiovsregioTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,782
“Radio” frequency rank
#17,107
“regio” frequency rank
18889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Radio regio
Definition ein elektronisches Gerät, mit dem Hörfunkprogramme empfangen werden können, beispielsweise Nachrichten- oder Musikkanäle Richtung

Letter map: Radio vs regio

Shared letters muted; letters that set Radio and regio apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Radio
5 ch
regio

Pair insight - Radio / regio

Radio and regio 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Radio is recorded at frequency rank #1,782, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁaːdi̯o]. regio is at rank #17,107, tagged as anoun.

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 18889, this pair ranks #1,913,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Radio vs regio

Shared letters: ior. Private to "Radio": ad. Private to "regio": eg.

"Radio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "regio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Radioardio · raddio · radoi · raido · rdaio · rradio
  • regioergio · reggio · regoi · reigo · rgeio · rregio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Radio" and "regio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "Radio" or "regio" show up more?
"Radio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,782 in our German list, against #17,107 for "regio". 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 "Radio" and "regio".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Radio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,913,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Radio" and "regio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regio vs regst". 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 #1,913,843 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