ReihevsreinaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#821
“Reihe” frequency rank
#41,418
“reina” frequency rank
42239
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reihe reina
Definition etwas geradlinig Angeordnetes Monarchin in einem Königreich; Königin

Letter map: Reihe vs reina

Shared letters muted; letters that set Reihe and reina apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Reihe and reina follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Reihe
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reina

Pair insight - Reihe / reina

Reihe and reina are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reihe is recorded at frequency rank #821, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯ə]. reina is at rank #41,418, 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 42239, this pair ranks #1,455,458 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Reihe vs reina

Shared letters: eir. Private to "Reihe": h. Private to "reina": an.

"Reihe" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "reina" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reihe ← erihe · rehie · reieh · reihhe · riehe · rreihe
  • reina ← erina · reian · reinna · renia · riena · rreina

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Reihe" for "reina" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Reihe" vs "reina" - which ranks higher?
"Reihe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #821 in our German list, against #41,418 for "reina". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Reihe" vs "reina" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reihe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,455,458 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reihe" and "reina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs reina". 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 #1,455,458 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