renevsrennenWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: rene is a noun, rennen is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rene” is a noun and “rennen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,700
“rene” frequency rank
#1,429
“rennen” frequency rank
19129
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rene rennen
Definition die Niere: Ausscheidungsorgan, das durch Bildung von Harn Gifte und Endprodukte des Stoffwechsels ausscheidet sich schnell zu Fuß fortbewegen, schnell laufen

Letter map: rene vs rennen

Shared letters muted; letters that set rene and rennen apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
rene
6 ch
rennen

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rene is anoun and rennenaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rene is recorded at frequency rank #17,700, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. rennen is at rank #1,429, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈʁɛnən].

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 19129, this pair ranks #1,911,571 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rene vs rennen

Shared letters: enr. Private to "rene": -. Private to "rennen": -.

"rene" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rennen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reneerne · reen · rnee · rrene
  • rennenernnen · renen · renenn · rennenn · rennne · rnenen · rrennen

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rene" and "rennen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rene" is a noun and "rennen" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "rene" or "rennen"?
"rennen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,429 in our German list, against #17,700 for "rene". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list