regiovsregteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#17,107
“regio” frequency rank
#20,032
“regte” frequency rank
37139
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regio regte
Definition Richtung 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs regen

Letter map: regio vs regte

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

5 ch
regio
5 ch
regte

Part-of-speech tell for regio / regte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regio is anoun and regteaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regio is recorded at frequency rank #17,107, classified as anoun. regte is at rank #20,032, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʁeːktə].

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 37139, this pair ranks #1,597,838 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of regio vs regte

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

"regio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "regte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regioergio · reggio · regoi · reigo · rgeio · rregio
  • regteergte · reget · reggte · regtte · retge · rgete · rregte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "regio" and "regte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regio" is a noun and "regte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regio" vs "regte" - which ranks higher?
"regio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,107 in our German list, against #20,032 for "regte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "regio" vs "regte" 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 "regte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,597,838 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regio" and "regte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regst vs regte". 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 #1,597,838 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