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ree

/ɹiː/noun, adjective, verb

ree is a noun meaning “Alternative form of rei (“Portuguese real”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-E and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ree is rees.

What does ree mean?

noun

  1. 1

    Alternative form of rei (“Portuguese real”).

  2. 2

    A state of befuddlement; intoxication.

  3. 3

    A state of great excitement or frenzy.

  4. 4

    ScotlandA period of stormy or unsettled weather, especially one occurring somewhat predictably at a particular time of year.

  5. 5

    obsoleteA small river or stream.

    The church of this pariſh, vulgarly called St. Mary Overy, from its dedication to the virgin Mary, and ſituation over the Ree or river, in reſpect of London, is a ſtately Gothic ſtructure, in the form of a cathedral.

adjective

  1. 1

    Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.

  2. 2

    Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.

verb

  1. 1

    To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.

  2. 2

    To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.

  3. 3

    UKobsoleteTo riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.

noun

as REE
  1. 1

    Initialism of rare earth element.

noun

as Ree
  1. 1

    A member of the Arikara.

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

How do you pronounce ree?

  • /ɹiː/

Ree 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ree.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of ree

  • rees plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • reer comparative
  • more ree comparative
  • reest superlative
  • most ree superlative
  • rie
  • reeing participle, present
  • reed participle, past

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

How common is ree?

Ree appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form in the list.

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

Words people confuse with ree

Also written: rei.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).