# rieb vs rue

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### rieb
*verb · IPA [ʁiːp] · frequency rank #45,548*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs reiben

### rue
*noun · IPA [ruː] · frequency rank #16,534*
Reue

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/rieb-vs-rue