realevsRegalenConfusable pair

Quick tell: reale is a adjective, Regalen is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#7,521
“reale” frequency rank
#29,750
“Regalen” frequency rank
37271
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reale Regalen
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs real Dativ Plural des Substantivs Regal

Where the eye mixes reale and Regalen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. reale runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against Regalen's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
reale
7 ch
Regalen

Visual trap between reale and Regalen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reale is [ʁeˈaːlə] while Regalen is [ʁeˈɡaːlən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reale is recorded at frequency rank #7,521, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʁeˈaːlə]. Regalen is at rank #29,750, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʁeˈɡaːlən].

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 37271, this pair ranks #1,594,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reale vs Regalen

Shared letters: aelr. Private to "reale": -. Private to "Regalen": gn.

"reale" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Regalen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reale ← erale · raele · reael · realle · relae · rreale
  • Regalen ← ergalen · reaglen · regaeln · regalenn · regallen · regalne · reggalen · reglaen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reale" and "Regalen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reale" is an adjective and "Regalen" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reale" vs "Regalen" - which ranks higher?
"reale" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,521 in our German list, against #29,750 for "Regalen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Regalen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,594,465 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reale" and "Regalen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reellen vs Regalen". 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 #1,594,465 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