reginevsreinesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#32,738
“regine” frequency rank
#8,932
“reines” frequency rank
41670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regine reines
Definition Plural des Substantivs regina Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rein

Letter map: regine vs reines

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

6 ch
regine
6 ch
reines

Grammar separator: regine vs reines

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regine is anoun and reinesanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regine is recorded at frequency rank #32,738, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. reines is at rank #8,932, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯nəs].

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 41670, this pair ranks #1,472,523 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regine vs reines

Shared letters: einr. Private to "regine": g. Private to "reines": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regineergine · reggine · regien · reginne · regnie · reigne · rgeine · rregine
  • reineserines · reiens · reiness · reinnes · reinse · renies · rienes · rreines

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "regine" and "reines" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regine" is a noun and "reines" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regine" vs "reines" - which ranks higher?
"reines" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,932 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

Pair "regine" vs "reines" 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 "reines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,472,523 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regine" and "reines" 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 #1,472,523 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