redenvsRegEWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: reden is a verb, RegE is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reden” is a verb and “RegE” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#640
“reden” frequency rank
#11,736
“RegE” frequency rank
12376
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reden RegE
Definition etwas sagen, Sprache von sich geben Abkürzung für Regierungsentwurf

Letter map: reden vs RegE

Shared letters muted; letters that set reden and RegE apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. reden runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against RegE's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
reden
4 ch
RegE

Grammar separator: reden vs RegE

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reden is averb and RegEanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reden is recorded at frequency rank #640, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʁeːdn̩]. RegE is at rank #11,736, tagged as anabbrev, 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 12376, this pair ranks #1,964,533 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reden vs RegE

Shared letters: er. Private to "reden": dn. Private to "RegE": g.

"reden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "RegE" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reden ← rdeen · redden · redenn · redne · reedn · rreden
  • RegE ← erge · reeg · regge · rgee · rrege

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reden" and "RegE" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reden" is a verb and "RegE" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reden" vs "RegE" - which ranks higher?
"reden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #640 in our German list, against #11,736 for "RegE". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "reden" and "RegE". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "RegE" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,964,533 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reden" and "RegE" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs RegE". 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 #1,964,533 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