rede
/ɹiːd/
"rede" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rede” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,452 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,452
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Help, advice, counsel.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rede |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹiːd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rede” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for rede is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹiːd/. Corpus data places it at rank #65,452 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rede, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz. Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish rádaid (“to speak, s… The correct English form is rede, spelled R-E-D-E.
Definition
- 1Help, advice, counsel.
- 2Decision, a plan.
Etymology
From Middle English red, rede, from Old English rǣd, from Proto-West Germanic *rād, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz. Cognate with Danish råd, Dutch raad, German Rat, Swedish råd, Norwegian Bokmål råd. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish rádaid (“to speak, say, tell”). Doublet of rada.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rede”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.