RegEvsReueWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: RegE is a abbrev, Reue is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#11,736
“RegE” frequency rank
#14,910
“Reue” frequency rank
26646
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature RegE Reue
Definition Abkürzung für Regierungsentwurf Bedauern über die eigene Tat, Selbstschuldbewusstsein

Letter map: RegE vs Reue

Shared letters muted; letters that set RegE and Reue apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
RegE
4 ch
Reue

Part-of-speech tell for RegE / Reue

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: RegE is anabbrev and Reueanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - g in “RegE” becomes u in “Reue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26646, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

RegE is recorded at frequency rank #11,736, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. Reue is at rank #14,910, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁɔɪ̯ə].

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 26646, this pair ranks #1,814,750 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of RegE vs Reue

Shared letters: er. Private to "RegE": g. Private to "Reue": u.

"RegE" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Reue" · 4 letters · shape CVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • RegEerge · reeg · regge · rgee · rrege
  • Reuereeu · rreue · ruee

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "RegE" and "Reue" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "RegE" is an abbrev and "Reue" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "RegE" vs "Reue" - which ranks higher?
"RegE" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,736 in our German list, against #14,910 for "Reue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "RegE" and "Reue".

  • Full dictionary entry for "RegE" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Reue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,814,750 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "RegE" and "Reue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Reue vs RUB". 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 #1,814,750 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