RehevsrohesConfusable pair

Quick tell: Rehe is a noun, rohes is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Rehe” is a noun and “rohes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,739
“Rehe” frequency rank
#37,167
“rohes” frequency rank
69906
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Rehe rohes
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Reh Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs roh

Where the eye mixes Rehe and rohes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Rehe runs 4 letters (CVCV) against rohes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Rehe
5 ch
rohes

Visual trap between Rehe and rohes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Rehe is [ˈʁeːə] while rohes is [ˈʁoːəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Rehe is recorded at frequency rank #32,739, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁeːə]. rohes is at rank #37,167, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁoːəs].

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 69906, this pair ranks #462,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Rehe vs rohes

Shared letters: ehr. Private to "Rehe": -. Private to "rohes": os.

"Rehe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rohes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Rehe ← reeh · rehhe · rhee · rrehe
  • rohes ← orhes · rhoes · roehs · rohess · rohhes · rohse · rrohes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Rehe" and "rohes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Rehe" is a noun and "rohes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Rehe" vs "rohes" - which ranks higher?
"Rehe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,739 in our German list, against #37,167 for "rohes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Rehe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rohes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #462,380 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Rehe" and "rohes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rades vs rohes". 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 #462,380 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