RemusvsresConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,206
“Remus” frequency rank
#14,909
“res” frequency rank
64115
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Remus res
Definition Zwillingsbruder von Romulus nichts (wörtlich: nicht etwas)

Letter map: Remus vs res

Shared letters muted; letters that set Remus and res apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Remus
3 ch
res

Part-of-speech tell for Remus / res

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Remus is aname and resapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Remus is recorded at frequency rank #49,206, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈʁeːmʊs]. 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 64115, this pair ranks #652,925 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Remus vs res

Shared letters: ers. Private to "Remus": mu. Private to "res": -.

"Remus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "res" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Remusermus · remmus · remsu · remuss · reums · rmeus · rremus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Remus" and "res" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Remus" is a name and "res" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Remus" 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 #49,206 for "Remus". 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 "Remus" and "res". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Remus" 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 #652,925 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Remus" and "res" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Remus vs reyes". 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 #652,925 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