reginevsreinemConfusable pair

Quick tell: regine is a noun, reinem is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#32,738
“regine” frequency rank
#20,711
“reinem” frequency rank
53449
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regine reinem
Definition Plural des Substantivs regina Dativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rein

Letter map: regine vs reinem

Shared letters muted; letters that set regine and reinem apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
regine
6 ch
reinem

Part-of-speech tell for regine / reinem

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regine is anoun and reinemanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53449, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regine is recorded at frequency rank #32,738, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. reinem is at rank #20,711, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯nəm].

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 53449, this pair ranks #1,057,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regine vs reinem

Shared letters: einr. Private to "regine": g. Private to "reinem": m.

"regine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "reinem" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regineergine · reggine · regien · reginne · regnie · reigne · rgeine · rregine
  • reinemerinem · reienm · reinemm · reinme · reinnem · reniem · rienem · rreinem

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "regine" and "reinem" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regine" is a noun and "reinem" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "regine" or "reinem"?
"reinem" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,711 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 "reinem". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reinem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,057,518 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regine" and "reinem" 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 #1,057,518 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