Regierung
[ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Regierung” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #509 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #509
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Regieren; Ausübung, Wahrnehmung staatlicher Macht nach Innen (gegenüber den Bürgern) und Außen (gegenüber anderen Staaten)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Regierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Regierung” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Regierung is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #509 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Regierung, with forms such as "ergierung", "regeirung", and "reggierung". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Regierungen", "Regulierung", "Regelung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Regierung, spelled R-E-G-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Regieren; Ausübung, Wahrnehmung staatlicher Macht nach Innen (gegenüber den Bürgern) und Außen (gegenüber anderen Staaten)
- 2leitendes Organ^([7]) eines Staates
- 3Verwaltungsbehörde der mittleren Ebene in Bayern
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ergierung,regeirung,reggierung,regiernug,regierrung,regierugn,regierungg,regierunng,regieurng,regireung,reigerung,rgeierung,rregierung
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Regierung - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Regierung”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-G-I-E-R-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Regierungen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Regierung vs Regierungen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.