Which to use
“regional” and “regionales” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,211
- “regional” frequency rank
- #28,352
- “regionales” frequency rank
- 33563
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | regional | regionales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | auf eine Region bezogen, Bezug nehmend | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regional |
Where the eye mixes regional and regionales
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. regional runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against regionales's 10 (CVCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between regional and regionales
A purely visual mix-up. regional ([ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl]) and regionales ([ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːləs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “regional” sits inside “regionales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33563, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
regional is recorded at frequency rank #5,211, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːl]. regionales is at rank #28,352, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːləs].
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 33563, this pair ranks #1,683,188 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of regional vs regionales
Shared letters: aegilnor. Private to "regional": -. Private to "regionales": s.
"regional" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "regionales" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- regional ← ergional · reggional · reginoal · regioanl · regionall · regionla · regionnal · regoinal
- regionales ← ergionales · reggionales · reginoales · regioanles · regionaels · regionaless · regionalles · regionalse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "regional" for "regionales" ever safe?
Frequency check: "regional" vs "regionales" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "regional" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "regionales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,683,188 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "regional" and "regionales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regionaler vs regionales". 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 #1,683,188 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.