RemakevsRomaneConfusable pair

Which to use

“Remake” and “Romane” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,747
“Remake” frequency rank
#8,771
“Romane” frequency rank
30518
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Remake Romane
Definition neue Verfilmung eines bereits zuvor verfilmten Stoffes eine männliche Person, die einem europäischen Volk mit romanischer Sprache angehört

Where the eye mixes Remake and Romane

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Remake
6 ch
Romane

Visual trap between Remake and Romane

A purely visual mix-up. Remake ([ʁiˈmeɪk]) and Romane ([ˌʁoˈmaːnə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Remake is recorded at frequency rank #21,747, classified as anoun, pronounced [ʁiˈmeɪk]. Romane is at rank #8,771, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˌʁoˈmaːnə].

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 30518, this pair ranks #1,746,260 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Remake vs Romane

Shared letters: aemr. Private to "Remake": k. Private to "Romane": no.

"Remake" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "Romane" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Remakeermake · reamke · remaek · remakke · remkae · remmake · rmeake · rremake
  • Romaneormane · rmoane · roamne · romaen · romanne · rommane · romnae · rromane

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Remake" for "Romane" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʁiˈmeɪk] versus [ˌʁoˈmaːnə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Remake" or "Romane" show up more?
"Romane" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,771 in our German list, against #21,747 for "Remake". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Remake" and "Romane" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Remake" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Romane" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,746,260 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Remake" and "Romane" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Remake vs Rumäne". 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 #1,746,260 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