regtevsreneWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#20,032
“regte” frequency rank
#17,700
“rene” frequency rank
37732
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regte rene
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs regen die Niere: Ausscheidungsorgan, das durch Bildung von Harn Gifte und Endprodukte des Stoffwechsels ausscheidet

Letter map: regte vs rene

Shared letters muted; letters that set regte and rene apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
regte
4 ch
rene

Grammar separator: regte vs rene

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: regte is averb and reneanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regte is recorded at frequency rank #20,032, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʁeːktə]. rene is at rank #17,700, 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 37732, this pair ranks #1,582,491 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of regte vs rene

Shared letters: er. Private to "regte": gt. Private to "rene": n.

"regte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "rene" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regteergte · reget · reggte · regtte · retge · rgete · rregte
  • reneerne · reen · rnee · rrene

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regte" for "rene" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regte" is a verb and "rene" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "regte" or "rene" show up more?
"rene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,700 in our German list, against #20,032 for "regte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "regte" and "rene".

  • Full dictionary entry for "regte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rene" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,582,491 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regte" and "rene" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regst vs regte". 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 #1,582,491 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