# recken vs regnen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### recken
*verb · IPA [ˈʁɛkn̩] · frequency rank #41,416*
in Längsrichtung dehnen/strecken

### regnen
*verb · IPA [ˈʁeːɡnən] · frequency rank #14,906*
in Tropfenform zu Boden fallen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/recken-vs-regnen