RegievsregstWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#4,551
“Regie” frequency rank
#47,689
“regst” frequency rank
52240
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Regie regst
Definition künstlerische Gesamtleitung einer Veranstaltung, eines Werkes 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs regen

Where the eye mixes Regie and regst

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

5 ch
Regie
5 ch
regst

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Regie is [ʁeˈʒiː] while regst is [ʁeːkst]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Regie is recorded at frequency rank #4,551, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʁeˈʒiː]. regst is at rank #47,689, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁeːkst].

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 52240, this pair ranks #1,104,577 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Regie vs regst

Shared letters: egr. Private to "Regie": i. Private to "regst": st.

"Regie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "regst" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Regieergie · regei · reggie · reige · rgeie · rregie
  • regstergst · reggst · regsst · regstt · regts · resgt · rgest · rregst

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Regie" and "regst" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Regie" is a noun and "regst" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Regie" or "regst"?
"Regie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,551 in our German list, against #47,689 for "regst". 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 "Regie" and "regst". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Regie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regst" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,104,577 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Regie" and "regst" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regst vs rennst". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list