Which to use
“reina” is a noun and “reine” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,418
- “reina” frequency rank
- #3,068
- “reine” frequency rank
- 44486
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reina | reine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Monarchin in einem Königreich; Königin | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rein |
Letter map: reina vs reine
Shared letters muted; letters that set reina and reine apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. reina and reine follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - reina and reine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reina is anoun and reineanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “reina” becomes e in “reine”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44486, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reina is recorded at frequency rank #41,418, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. reine is at rank #3,068, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯nə].
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 44486, this pair ranks #1,384,677 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reina vs reine
Shared letters: einr. Private to "reina": a. Private to "reine": -.
"reina" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "reine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reina" and "reine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "reina" or "reine" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "reina" vs "reine" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "reina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,384,677 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reina" and "reine" 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 #1,384,677 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.