reginevsreimeConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#32,738
“regine” frequency rank
#33,778
“reime” frequency rank
66516
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regine reime
Definition Plural des Substantivs regina 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reimen

Letter map: regine vs reime

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

6 ch
regine
5 ch
reime

Role in the sentence - regine and reime

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regine is anoun and reimeaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regine is recorded at frequency rank #32,738, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. reime is at rank #33,778, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯mə].

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 66516, this pair ranks #570,614 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regine vs reime

Shared letters: eir. Private to "regine": gn. Private to "reime": m.

"regine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "reime" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regine ← ergine · reggine · regien · reginne · regnie · reigne · rgeine · rregine
  • reime ← erime · reiem · reimme · remie · rieme · rreime

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "regine" and "reime" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regine" is a noun and "reime" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regine" vs "reime" - which ranks higher?
"regine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,738 in our German list, against #33,778 for "reime". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "regine" vs "reime" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reime" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #570,614 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regine" and "reime" 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 #570,614 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