rechnevsregineWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rechne is a verb, regine is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rechne” is a verb and “regine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,570
“rechne” frequency rank
#32,738
“regine” frequency rank
45308
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rechne regine
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rechnen Plural des Substantivs regina

Letter map: rechne vs regine

Shared letters muted; letters that set rechne and regine apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. rechne (CVCCCV) and regine (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
rechne
6 ch
regine

Part-of-speech tell for rechne / regine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rechne is averb and regineanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rechne is recorded at frequency rank #12,570, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʁɛçnə]. regine is at rank #32,738, 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 45308, this pair ranks #1,357,462 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rechne vs regine

Shared letters: enr. Private to "rechne": ch. Private to "regine": gi.

"rechne" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "regine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rechne ← erchne · rcehne · recchne · rechhne · recnhe · rehcne · rrechne
  • regine ← ergine · reggine · regien · reginne · regnie · reigne · rgeine · rregine

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rechne" and "regine" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rechne" is a verb and "regine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "rechne" vs "regine" - which ranks higher?
"rechne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,570 in our German list, against #32,738 for "regine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "rechne" and "regine". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rechne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,357,462 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rechne" and "regine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs regine". 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 #1,357,462 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