reitvsresTell them apart

Quick tell: reit is a verb, res is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#25,734
“reit” frequency rank
#14,909
“res” frequency rank
40643
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reit res
Definition 2. Person Singular Präsens Imperativ Aktiv des Verbs reiten (auch reite) nichts (wörtlich: nicht etwas)

Letter map: reit vs res

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

4 ch
reit
3 ch
res

Part-of-speech tell for reit / res

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reit is averb and resapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reit is recorded at frequency rank #25,734, classified as averb, pronounced [ʁaɪ̯t]. 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 40643, this pair ranks #1,502,542 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reit vs res

Shared letters: er. Private to "reit": it. Private to "res": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reiterit · reitt · reti · rreit

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reit" and "res" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reit" is a verb and "res" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "reit" vs "res" - which ranks higher?
"res" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,909 in our German list, against #25,734 for "reit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "reit" 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 #1,502,542 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reit" and "res" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regst vs reit". 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 #1,502,542 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