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“regine” and “regio” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,738
“regine” frequency rank
#17,107
“regio” frequency rank
49845
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regine regio
Definition Plural des Substantivs regina Richtung

Letter map: regine vs regio

Shared letters muted; letters that set regine and regio apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. regine runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against regio's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
regine
5 ch
regio

Pair insight - regine / regio

regine and regio are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49845, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regine is recorded at frequency rank #32,738, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. regio is at rank #17,107, tagged as anoun.

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 49845, this pair ranks #1,196,178 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regine vs regio

Shared letters: egir. Private to "regine": n. Private to "regio": o.

"regine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "regio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regine ← ergine · reggine · regien · reginne · regnie · reigne · rgeine · rregine
  • regio ← ergio · reggio · regoi · reigo · rgeio · rregio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regine" and "regio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "regine" or "regio"?
"regio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,107 in our German list, against #32,738 for "regine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "regine" and "regio". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,196,178 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regine" and "regio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs regine". 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 #1,196,178 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