Which to use
“reale” is an adjective and “Reife” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,521
- “reale” frequency rank
- #5,416
- “Reife” frequency rank
- 12937
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reale | Reife |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs real | Vollendung eines Wachstumsprozesses (bei Menschen physisch oder geistig) |
Where the eye mixes reale and Reife
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. reale and Reife follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between reale and Reife
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reale is [ʁeˈaːlə] while Reife is [ˈʁaɪ̯fə]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12937, 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]. Reife is at rank #5,416, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯fə].
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 12937, this pair ranks #1,961,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reale vs Reife
Shared letters: er. Private to "reale": al. Private to "Reife": fi.
"reale" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Reife" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "reale" for "Reife" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "reale" or "Reife" show up more?
After this comparison
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 "Reife" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,961,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reale" and "Reife" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "RAe vs reale". 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 #1,961,120 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.