English homophones
reign/rein
"reign" (#6,407 written frequency) beats "rein" (#17,934) in this 2-word /ɹeɪn/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ɹeɪn/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "reign" leads at #6,407, with "rein" trailing at #17,934.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "rei" then splits - "reign" (5 letters) vs "rein" (4).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across reign, rein: einr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
reign
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVCC
Inventory eginr · private g
rein
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory einr · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "reign" when you mean: The exercise of sovereign power.
- Write "rein" when you mean: A strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "reign" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #6,407 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: Randall · Randle. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "reign, rein" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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