regiovsreunióWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: regio is a adjective, reunió is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“regio” is an adjective and “reunió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,181
“regio” frequency rank
#6,115
“reunió” frequency rank
26296
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature regio reunió
Definition Que pertenece o concierne a un rey, una reina o la realeza Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de reunir.

Where the eye mixes regio and reunió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
regio
6 ch
reunió

Look-alike desk: regio vs reunió

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: regio is [ˈrexjo] while reunió is [rewˈnjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

regio is recorded at frequency rank #20,181, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈrexjo]. reunió is at rank #6,115, tagged as averb, pronounced [rewˈnjo].

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 26296, this pair ranks #232,321 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of regio vs reunió

Shared letters: eir. Private to "regio": go. Private to "reunió": nuó.

"regio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "reunió" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • regioergio · reggio · regoi · rgeio · rregio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "regio" for "reunió" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "regio" is an adjective and "reunió" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "regio" or "reunió" show up more?
"reunió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,115 in our Spanish list, against #20,181 for "regio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "regio" and "reunió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "regio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reunió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,321 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "regio" and "reunió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "regio vs rengo". 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 #232,321 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list