# reggae vs Reggie

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### reggae
*noun · IPA /ˈɹɛɡeɪ/ · frequency rank #15,689*
A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

### Reggie
*name · IPA /ˈɹɛd͡ʒi/ · frequency rank #14,000*
A diminutive of the male given name Reginald.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reggae-vs-reggie