ReimvsReitzTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#20,034
“Reim” frequency rank
#42,089
“Reitz” frequency rank
62123
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reim Reitz
Definition lautliche Übereinstimmung oder Ähnlichkeit in gleicher Position bei sprachlichen Ausdrücken Ort in der südafrikanischen Provinz Freistaat

Letter map: Reim vs Reitz

Shared letters muted; letters that set Reim and Reitz apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Reim runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Reitz's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Reim
5 ch
Reitz

Role in the sentence - Reim and Reitz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Reim is anoun and Reitzaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reim is recorded at frequency rank #20,034, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʁaɪ̯m]. 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 62123, this pair ranks #724,353 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Reim vs Reitz

Shared letters: eir. Private to "Reim": m. Private to "Reitz": tz.

"Reim" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Reitz" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reim ← erim · reimm · remi · riem · rreim
  • Reitz ← eritz · reittz · reitzz · retiz · rietz · rreitz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Reim" for "Reitz" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Reim" is a noun and "Reitz" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Reim" or "Reitz" show up more?
"Reim" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,034 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.

After this comparison

Pair "Reim" vs "Reitz" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reim" 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 #724,353 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reim" 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 #724,353 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