Which to use
“recent” is an adjective and “Regent” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,411
- “recent” frequency rank
- #29,752
- “Regent” frequency rank
- 78163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recent | Regent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kürzlich, jüngst | ein regierender Fürst oder Monarch |
Letter map: recent vs Regent
Shared letters muted; letters that set recent and Regent apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for recent / Regent
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: recent is anadjective and Regentanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “recent” becomes g in “Regent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recent is recorded at frequency rank #48,411, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. Regent is at rank #29,752, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʁeˈɡɛnt].
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 78163, this pair ranks #244,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of recent vs Regent
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "recent": c. Private to "Regent": g.
"recent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "Regent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "recent" and "Regent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "recent" vs "Regent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "recent" and "Regent". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "recent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Regent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,455 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recent" and "Regent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs recent". 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 #244,455 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.