reigns
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The verdict
“reigns” is uncommon German (frequency #90,800 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,800
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs reign
Corpus desk
Index DE-reigns · reigns · German
reigns · rank #90,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,800
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 42,116
- PHOTO-FINISH Reifens
Nearest frequency peer: Reifens (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “reigns”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Reichelsheim
Reichelsheim
9,204 corpus weight
- Reichstagsw…
Reichstagswahlen
9,203 corpus weight
- Reifens
Reifens
9,202 corpus weight
- reigns
reigns
9,201 corpus weight
- reinzuziehen
reinzuziehen
9,199 corpus weight
- Reiselust
Reiselust
9,198 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “reigns” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reigns |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reigns” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reigns is uncommon German at frequency #90,800 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs reign".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for reigns, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is reigns, spelled R-E-I-G-N-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs reign
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.