Which to use
“realen” is an adjective and “Reales” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,713
- “realen” frequency rank
- #29,746
- “Reales” frequency rank
- 36459
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | realen | Reales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Adjektivs real | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Real |
Letter map: realen vs Reales
Shared letters muted; letters that set realen and Reales apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. realen and Reales follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: realen vs Reales
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: realen is anadjective and Realesanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - n in “realen” becomes s in “Reales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
realen is recorded at frequency rank #6,713, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʁeˈaːlən]. Reales is at rank #29,746, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 36459, this pair ranks #1,615,094 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of realen vs Reales
Shared letters: aelr. Private to "realen": n. Private to "Reales": s.
"realen" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "Reales" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "realen" and "Reales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "realen" or "Reales" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "realen" and "Reales".
- Full dictionary entry for "realen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Reales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,615,094 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "realen" and "Reales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Reales". 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 #1,615,094 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.