reimevsreinaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#33,778
“reime” frequency rank
#41,418
“reina” frequency rank
75196
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reime reina
Definition 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs reimen Monarchin in einem Königreich; Königin

Letter map: reime vs reina

Shared letters muted; letters that set reime and reina apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. reime 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
reime
5 ch
reina

Grammar separator: reime vs reina

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reime is averb and reinaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reime is recorded at frequency rank #33,778, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯mə]. 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 75196, this pair ranks #314,029 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of reime vs reina

Shared letters: eir. Private to "reime": m. Private to "reina": an.

"reime" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "reina" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reime ← erime · reiem · reimme · remie · rieme · rreime
  • reina ← erina · reian · reinna · renia · riena · rreina

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reime" and "reina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reime" is a verb and "reina" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "reime" or "reina" show up more?
"reime" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,778 in our German list, against #41,418 for "reina". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reime" 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 #314,029 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reime" 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 #314,029 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