RAevsrealeTell them apart

Quick tell: RAe is a abbrev, reale is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“RAe” is an abbrev and “reale” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,218
“RAe” frequency rank
#7,521
“reale” frequency rank
53739
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature RAe reale
Definition Rechtsanwälte Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs real

Letter map: RAe vs reale

Shared letters muted; letters that set RAe and reale apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. RAe runs 3 letters (CVV) against reale's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
RAe
5 ch
reale

Role in the sentence - RAe and reale

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: RAe is anabbrev and realeanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

RAe is recorded at frequency rank #46,218, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. reale is at rank #7,521, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʁeˈaːlə].

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 53739, this pair ranks #1,046,197 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of RAe vs reale

Shared letters: aer. Private to "RAe": -. Private to "reale": l.

"RAe" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "reale" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reale ← erale · raele · reael · realle · relae · rreale

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "RAe" for "reale" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "RAe" is an abbrev and "reale" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "RAe" or "reale"?
"reale" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,521 in our German list, against #46,218 for "RAe". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "RAe" and "reale".

  • Full dictionary entry for "RAe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,046,197 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "RAe" and "reale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs RAe". 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 #1,046,197 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