realenvsRealesWhich spelling fits?

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

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.

6 ch
realen
6 ch
Reales

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

  • realen ← eralen · raelen · reaeln · realenn · reallen · realne · relaen · rrealen
  • Reales ← erales · raeles · reaels · realess · realles · realse · relaes · rreales

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "realen" and "Reales" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "realen" is an adjective and "Reales" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "realen" or "Reales" show up more?
"realen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,713 in our German list, against #29,746 for "Reales". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list