rein vs res, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“rein” is an adjective and “res” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#605
“rein” frequency rank: #14,909
“res” frequency rank: 15514
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	rein	res
Definition	ganz unverschmutzt	nichts (wörtlich: nicht etwas)

Letter map: rein vs res

Shared letters muted; letters that set rein and res apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

rein

3 ch

res

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rein is anadjective and resapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rein is recorded at frequency rank #605, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʁaɪ̯n]. res is at rank #14,909, tagged as apron, 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 15514, this pair ranks #1,943,279 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rein vs res

Shared letters: er. Private to "rein": in. Private to "res": s.

"rein" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "res" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

rein ← reinn · reni · rien · rrein

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rein" and "res" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rein" is an adjective and "res" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "rein" or "res"?

"rein" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #605 in our German list, against #14,909 for "res". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "rein" and "res". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "rein" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "res" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,943,279 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"rein" and "res" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs res". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.