Which to use
“regine” is a noun and “used” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,738
- “regine” frequency rank
- #19,746
- “used” frequency rank
- 52484
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regine | used |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs regina | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs use |
Letter map: regine vs used
Shared letters muted; letters that set regine and used apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. regine runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against used's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for regine / used
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regine is anoun and usedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52484, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regine is recorded at frequency rank #32,738, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. used is at rank #19,746, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
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 52484, this pair ranks #1,094,971 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of regine vs used
Shared letters: e. Private to "regine": ginr. Private to "used": dsu.
"regine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "used" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "regine" and "used" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "regine" or "used" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "regine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "used" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,094,971 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regine" and "used" 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 #1,094,971 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.