regstvsrepostConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#47,689
“regst” frequency rank
#40,790
“repost” frequency rank
88479
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regst repost
Definition 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs regen Repost

Letter map: regst vs repost

Shared letters muted; letters that set regst and repost apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. regst runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against repost's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
regst
6 ch
repost

Part-of-speech tell for regst / repost

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regst is averb and repostanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regst is recorded at frequency rank #47,689, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁeːkst]. repost is at rank #40,790, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 88479, this pair ranks #67,906 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of regst vs repost

Shared letters: erst. Private to "regst": g. Private to "repost": op.

"regst" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "repost" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regst ← ergst · reggst · regsst · regstt · regts · resgt · rgest · rregst
  • repost ← erpost · reopst · reposst · repostt · repots · reppost · repsot · rpeost

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "regst" and "repost" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regst" is a verb and "repost" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "regst" vs "repost" - which ranks higher?
"repost" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,790 in our German list, against #47,689 for "regst". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "regst" vs "repost" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regst" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "repost" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,906 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regst" and "repost" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regst vs rennst". 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 #67,906 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