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

#15,191
“regionaler” frequency rank
#28,352
“regionales” frequency rank
43543
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regionaler regionales
Definition Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regional Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs regional

Where the eye mixes regionaler and regionales

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. regionaler and regionales follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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regionaler
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regionales

Look-alike desk: regionaler vs regionales

A purely visual mix-up. regionaler ([ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːlɐ]) 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 a single letter - r in “regionaler” becomes s in “regionales”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regionaler is recorded at frequency rank #15,191, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːlɐ]. 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 43543, this pair ranks #1,414,802 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regionaler vs regionales

Shared letters: aegilnor. Private to "regionaler": -. Private to "regionales": s.

"regionaler" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC  ·  "regionales" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regionalerergionaler · reggionaler · reginoaler · regioanler · regionaelr · regionalerr · regionaller · regionalre
  • regionalesergionales · reggionales · reginoales · regioanles · regionaels · regionaless · regionalles · regionalse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regionaler" for "regionales" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːlɐ] versus [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːləs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "regionaler" or "regionales" show up more?
"regionaler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,191 in our German list, against #28,352 for "regionales". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "regionaler" and "regionales" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regionaler" 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 #1,414,802 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regionaler" and "regionales" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rationaler vs regionaler". 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 #1,414,802 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