regesvsRosesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: reges is a adjective, Roses is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“reges” is an adjective and “Roses” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,582
“reges” frequency rank
#41,428
“Roses” frequency rank
78010
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reges Roses
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rege eine Fischerstadt an der Costa Brava (span. Name: Rosas)

Letter map: reges vs Roses

Shared letters muted; letters that set reges and Roses apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. reges and Roses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
reges
5 ch
Roses

Role in the sentence - reges and Roses

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reges is anadjective and Rosesaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reges is recorded at frequency rank #36,582, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁeːɡəs]. Roses is at rank #41,428, tagged as aname, 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 78010, this pair ranks #247,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reges vs Roses

Shared letters: ers. Private to "reges": g. Private to "Roses": o.

"reges" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Roses" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reges ← erges · reegs · regess · regges · regse · rgees · rreges
  • Roses ← orses · roess · rosess · rosses · rroses · rsoes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "reges" for "Roses" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reges" is an adjective and "Roses" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reges" or "Roses"?
"reges" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,582 in our German list, against #41,428 for "Roses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "reges" vs "Roses" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reges" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Roses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #247,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reges" and "Roses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Roses". 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 #247,822 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