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rei

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rei is a noun meaning “A Portuguese real” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-I, and it appears 1.3 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of rei is reis.

What does rei mean?

noun

  1. 1

    nonstandardobsoleteA Portuguese real

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

Forms of rei

  • ree

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

How common is rei?

Rei appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 rei

Also written: rea, ree.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Where does rei come from?

Incorrect back-formation of Portuguese plural réis. The correct singular is real.

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