Which to use
“reger” is a verb and “régia” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,457
- “reger” frequency rank
- #25,815
- “régia” frequency rank
- 64272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reger | régia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | governar | feminino de régio |
Letter map: reger vs régia
Shared letters muted; letters that set reger and régia apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for reger / régia
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reger is averb and régiaanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reger is recorded at frequency rank #38,457, classified as averb, pronounced /Rɨ.ˈʒeɾ/. régia is at rank #25,815, tagged as anadj.
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 64272, this pair ranks #5,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reger vs régia
Shared letters: gr. Private to "reger": e. Private to "régia": aié.
"reger" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "régia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- reger ← erger · reegr · regerr · regger · regre · rgeer · rreger
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reger" and "régia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "reger" or "régia" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "reger" vs "régia" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "reger" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "régia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reger" and "régia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reger vs reles". 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 #5,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.