reihtvsReitzTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#24,898
“reiht” frequency rank
#42,089
“Reitz” frequency rank
66987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reiht Reitz
Definition 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reihen Ort in der südafrikanischen Provinz Freistaat

Letter map: reiht vs Reitz

Shared letters muted; letters that set reiht and Reitz apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. reiht and Reitz follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
reiht
5 ch
Reitz

Role in the sentence - reiht and Reitz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reiht is averb and Reitzaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reiht is recorded at frequency rank #24,898, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁaɪ̯t]. 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 66987, this pair ranks #555,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reiht vs Reitz

Shared letters: eirt. Private to "reiht": h. Private to "Reitz": z.

"reiht" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Reitz" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reiht ← eriht · rehit · reihht · reihtt · reith · rieht · rreiht
  • Reitz ← eritz · reittz · reitzz · retiz · rietz · rreitz

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reiht" and "Reitz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reiht" is a verb and "Reitz" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reiht" or "Reitz"?
"reiht" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,898 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 "reiht" and "Reitz". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reiht" 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 #555,001 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reiht" 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 #555,001 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