Which to use
“reine” is an adjective and “rennt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,068
- “reine” frequency rank
- #9,079
- “rennt” frequency rank
- 12147
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reine | rennt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs rein | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs rennen |
Where the eye mixes reine and rennt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: reine vs rennt
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: reine is [ˈʁaɪ̯nə] while rennt is [ʁɛnt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reine is recorded at frequency rank #3,068, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈʁaɪ̯nə]. rennt is at rank #9,079, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʁɛnt].
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 12147, this pair ranks #1,965,913 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reine vs rennt
Shared letters: enr. Private to "reine": i. Private to "rennt": t.
"reine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "rennt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reine" and "rennt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "reine" vs "rennt" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "reine" and "rennt" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "reine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rennt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,965,913 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reine" and "rennt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "recent vs rennt". 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 #1,965,913 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.