Reece
"reece" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Reece” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,293. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,293
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Welsh.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reece · Reece · English
Reece · rank #24,293 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,293
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reclamation
Nearest frequency peer: reclamation (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Reece”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ranting
ranting
75,712 corpus weight
- ratification
ratification
75,711 corpus weight
- reclamation
reclamation
75,709 corpus weight
- Reece
Reece
75,708 corpus weight
- refute
refute
75,706 corpus weight
- resettlement
resettlement
75,705 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Reece” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reece |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,293 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Reece” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Reece, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #24,293 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Reece, with forms such as "erece", "rece", and "recee". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rice", "reed", "reef", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Welsh Rhys. The correct English form is Reece, spelled R-E-E-C-E.
Definition
- 1A surname from Welsh.
- 2A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- 3An unincorporated community in Greenwood County, Kansas, United States.
Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh Rhys.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erece
- rece
- recee
- reecce
- reeec
- rreece
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Reece - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Reece", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "Reece" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rice". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #24,293 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
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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.