regiertvsReviereWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#7,101
“regiert” frequency rank
#47,695
“Reviere” frequency rank
54796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regiert Reviere
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs regieren Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Revier

Where the eye mixes regiert and Reviere

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. regiert (CVCVVCC) and Reviere (CVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
regiert
7 ch
Reviere

Look-alike desk: regiert vs Reviere

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regiert is [ʁeˈɡiːɐ̯t] while Reviere is [ʁeˈviːʁə]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regiert is recorded at frequency rank #7,101, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁeˈɡiːɐ̯t]. Reviere is at rank #47,695, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʁeˈviːʁə].

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 54796, this pair ranks #1,004,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regiert vs Reviere

Shared letters: eir. Private to "regiert": gt. Private to "Reviere": v.

"regiert" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "Reviere" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regiert ← ergiert · regeirt · reggiert · regierrt · regiertt · regietr · regiret · reigert
  • Reviere ← erviere · reivere · reveire · revieer · revierre · reviree · revviere · rreviere

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regiert" and "Reviere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regiert" is a verb and "Reviere" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regiert" vs "Reviere" - which ranks higher?
"regiert" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,101 in our German list, against #47,695 for "Reviere". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "regiert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Reviere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,004,704 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regiert" and "Reviere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Revers vs Reviere". 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 #1,004,704 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