regiovsregtConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#17,107
“regio” frequency rank
#7,102
“regt” frequency rank
24209
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regio regt
Definition Richtung 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs regen

Letter map: regio vs regt

Shared letters muted; letters that set regio and regt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
regio
4 ch
regt

Grammar separator: regio vs regt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regio is anoun and regtaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regio is recorded at frequency rank #17,107, classified as anoun. regt is at rank #7,102, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁeːkt].

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 24209, this pair ranks #1,850,878 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of regio vs regt

Shared letters: egr. Private to "regio": io. Private to "regt": t.

"regio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "regt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regioergio · reggio · regoi · reigo · rgeio · rregio
  • regtergt · reggt · regtt · retg · rget · rregt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regio" for "regt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regio" is a noun and "regt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regio" vs "regt" - which ranks higher?
"regt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,102 in our German list, against #17,107 for "regio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "regio" vs "regt" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "regt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,850,878 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regio" and "regt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regio vs regst". 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 #1,850,878 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