reign
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The verdict
“reign” is uncommon German (frequency #68,608 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,608
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ausübung von Macht und oberste Befehlsgewalt durch einen Monarchen oder anderen Herrscher: Herrschaft
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reign |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reign” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reign is uncommon German at frequency #68,608 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
reign has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is reign, spelled R-E-I-G-N.
Definition
- 1Ausübung von Macht und oberste Befehlsgewalt durch einen Monarchen oder anderen Herrscher: Herrschaft
- 2Zeitraum, während dessen ein Monarch oder anderer Führungsverantwortlicher (beispielsweise der Vorsteher eines Amtes) regiert oder leitend tätig ist: Herrschaft, Regierungszeit, Amtszeit
- 3Kontrolle über Menschen oder Dinge, überlegener Einfluss: Herrschaft
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-I-G-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.