redetvsReheWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#2,739
“redet” frequency rank
#32,739
“Rehe” frequency rank
35478
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature redet Rehe
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reden Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Reh

Where the eye mixes redet and Rehe

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
redet
4 ch
Rehe

Look-alike desk: redet vs Rehe

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: redet is [ˈʁeːdət] while Rehe is [ˈʁeːə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

redet is recorded at frequency rank #2,739, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʁeːdət]. Rehe is at rank #32,739, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁeːə].

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 35478, this pair ranks #1,639,042 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of redet vs Rehe

Shared letters: er. Private to "redet": dt. Private to "Rehe": h.

"redet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Rehe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • redeterdet · rdeet · reddet · redett · redte · reedt · rredet
  • Rehereeh · rehhe · rhee · rrehe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "redet" and "Rehe" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "redet" is a verb and "Rehe" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "redet" vs "Rehe" - which ranks higher?
"redet" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,739 in our German list, against #32,739 for "Rehe". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "redet" and "Rehe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "redet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Rehe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,639,042 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "redet" and "Rehe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rech vs Rehe". 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 #1,639,042 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