regiovsReimWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#17,107
“regio” frequency rank
#20,034
“Reim” frequency rank
37141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regio Reim
Definition Richtung lautliche Übereinstimmung oder Ähnlichkeit in gleicher Position bei sprachlichen Ausdrücken

Letter map: regio vs Reim

Shared letters muted; letters that set regio and Reim apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. regio runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against Reim's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
regio
4 ch
Reim

Spelling & dictionary notes on regio vs Reim

regio and Reim 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 37141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regio is recorded at frequency rank #17,107, classified as anoun. Reim is at rank #20,034, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʁaɪ̯m].

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 37141, this pair ranks #1,597,788 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of regio vs Reim

Shared letters: eir. Private to "regio": go. Private to "Reim": m.

"regio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "Reim" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regio ← ergio · reggio · regoi · reigo · rgeio · rregio
  • Reim ← erim · reimm · remi · riem · rreim

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regio" for "Reim" 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: "regio" vs "Reim" - which ranks higher?
"regio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,107 in our German list, against #20,034 for "Reim". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "regio" and "Reim". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Reim" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,597,788 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regio" and "Reim" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rech vs Reim". 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 #1,597,788 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