Which to use
“reach” is a noun and “reale” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,075
- “reach” frequency rank
- #7,521
- “reale” frequency rank
- 49596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reach | reale |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Reichweite, Bandbreite, Bereich | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs real |
Where the eye mixes reach and reale
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. reach (CVVCC) and reale (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: reach vs reale
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reach is [ɹiːt͡ʃ] while reale is [ʁeˈaːlə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reach is recorded at frequency rank #42,075, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɹiːt͡ʃ]. 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 49596, this pair ranks #1,205,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reach vs reale
Shared letters: aer. Private to "reach": ch. Private to "reale": l.
"reach" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "reale" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reach" and "reale" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reach" or "reale"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "reach" and "reale" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reach" 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 #1,205,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reach" and "reale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rack vs reach". 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 #1,205,484 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.