regtvsReitzWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: regt is a verb, Reitz is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“regt” is a verb and “Reitz” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,102
“regt” frequency rank
#42,089
“Reitz” frequency rank
49191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regt Reitz
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs regen Ort in der südafrikanischen Provinz Freistaat

Letter map: regt vs Reitz

Shared letters muted; letters that set regt and Reitz apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
regt
5 ch
Reitz

Part-of-speech tell for regt / Reitz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regt is averb and Reitzaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regt is recorded at frequency rank #7,102, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁeːkt]. Reitz is at rank #42,089, tagged as aname, 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 49191, this pair ranks #1,220,717 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regt vs Reitz

Shared letters: ert. Private to "regt": g. Private to "Reitz": iz.

"regt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Reitz" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regtergt · reggt · regtt · retg · rget · rregt
  • Reitzeritz · reittz · reitzz · retiz · rietz · rreitz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regt" for "Reitz" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regt" is a verb and "Reitz" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "regt" or "Reitz" show up more?
"regt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,102 in our German list, against #42,089 for "Reitz". 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 "regt" and "Reitz". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Reitz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,220,717 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regt" and "Reitz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Reitz". 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 #1,220,717 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