reagierevsregierenTell them apart

Which to use

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

#27,018
“reagiere” frequency rank
#8,126
“regieren” frequency rank
35144
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reagiere regieren
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reagieren die Herrschaft ausüben, die Macht haben

Where the eye mixes reagiere and regieren

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. reagiere (CVVCVVCV) and regieren (CVCVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
reagiere
8 ch
regieren

Look-alike desk: reagiere vs regieren

A purely visual mix-up. reagiere ([ʁeaˈɡiːʁə]) and regieren ([ʁeˈɡiːʁən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reagiere is recorded at frequency rank #27,018, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁeaˈɡiːʁə]. regieren is at rank #8,126, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁeˈɡiːʁən].

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 35144, this pair ranks #1,647,020 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reagiere vs regieren

Shared letters: egir. Private to "reagiere": a. Private to "regieren": n.

"reagiere" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVVCV  ·  "regieren" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reagiereeragiere · raegiere · reageire · reaggiere · reagieer · reagierre · reagiree · reaigere
  • regierenergieren · regeiren · reggieren · regieern · regierenn · regierne · regierren · regireen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reagiere" and "regieren" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ʁeaˈɡiːʁə] versus [ʁeˈɡiːʁən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "reagiere" vs "regieren" - which ranks higher?
"regieren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,126 in our German list, against #27,018 for "reagiere". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reagiere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regieren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,647,020 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reagiere" and "regieren" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reagiere vs Reviere". 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 #1,647,020 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