Which to use
“Reuter” and “Router” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,193
- “Reuter” frequency rank
- #9,799
- “Router” frequency rank
- 24992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Reuter | Router |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Holzgerüst zum Trocknen des Heus | Gerät, welches mehrere Netzwerke verbinden oder trennen kann |
Where the eye mixes Reuter and Router
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Reuter and Router follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Reuter vs Router
A purely visual mix-up. Reuter ([ˈʁɔɪ̯tɐ]) and Router ([ˈʁuːtɐ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “Reuter” becomes o in “Router”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Reuter is recorded at frequency rank #15,193, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁɔɪ̯tɐ]. Router is at rank #9,799, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʁuːtɐ].
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 24992, this pair ranks #1,839,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Reuter vs Router
Shared letters: ertu. Private to "Reuter": -. Private to "Router": o.
"Reuter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "Router" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Reuter" and "Router" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Reuter" or "Router" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Reuter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Router" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,839,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Reuter" and "Router" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rentier vs Reuter". 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 #1,839,670 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.