Regina

/[ʁeˈɡiːna]/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,077

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

Regina is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [ʁeˈɡiːna]. It ranks #9,077 in German word frequency. Often confused with rein and reine.

Key facts for Regina
PropertyValue
HeadwordRegina
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ʁeˈɡiːna]
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,077
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Regina in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Regina is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁeˈɡiːna]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,077 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Regina, with forms such as "ergina", "reggina", and "regian". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "rein", "reine", "regio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Regina, spelled R-E-G-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ergina,reggina,regian,reginna,regnia,reigna,rgeina,rregina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Regina

Misspelling Variants of "Regina"

ergina6reggina7regian6reginna7regnia6reigna6rgeina6rregina7
Misspelling Variants of "Regina"

Frequency rank: #9,077 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Regina"?
"Regina" is spelled R-E-G-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁeˈɡiːna].
What does "Regina" mean?
As a name, "Regina" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Regina"?
"Regina" is commonly confused with "rein", "reine", "regio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Regina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Regina" is [ʁeˈɡiːna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Regina" come from?
"Regina" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter R in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.