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rea

noun

rea is a noun meaning “Alternative form of rei” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-A and has one syllable, and it appears 2.0 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Rea, the name). The plural of rea is reas.

What does rea mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative form of rei.

noun

as REA
  1. 1

    USInitialism of request for an equitable adjustment; in contracting with government entities in the United States, used to indicate that compensation is sought for unexpected costs arising in the fulfillment of a contract.

  2. 2

    USInitialism of real estate agent.

noun

as ReA
  1. 1

    Abbreviation of reactive arthritis.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce rea?

    Rea has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of rea

    • reas plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    How common is rea?

    Rea appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Rea, the name.

    Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

    Words people confuse with rea

    Also written: rei.

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).