reginevsRuineConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#32,738
“regine” frequency rank
#16,535
“Ruine” frequency rank
49273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regine Ruine
Definition Plural des Substantivs regina teilweise eingestürztes, verfallenes oder zerstörtes Bauwerk

Letter map: regine vs Ruine

Shared letters muted; letters that set regine and Ruine apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
regine
5 ch
Ruine

Pair insight - regine / Ruine

regine and Ruine 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 49273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regine is recorded at frequency rank #32,738, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Ruine is at rank #16,535, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʁuˈiːnə].

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 49273, this pair ranks #1,217,615 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regine vs Ruine

Shared letters: einr. Private to "regine": g. Private to "Ruine": u.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regineergine · reggine · regien · reginne · regnie · reigne · rgeine · rregine
  • Ruineriune · rruine · ruien · runie · urine

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regine" for "Ruine" ever safe?
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.
Frequency check: "regine" vs "Ruine" - which ranks higher?
"Ruine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,535 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 "Ruine". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ruine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,217,615 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regine" and "Ruine" 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 #1,217,615 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