regain
/ɹiːˈɡeɪn/
"regain" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“regain” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,751. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,751
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To get back; to recover possession of.
Corpus desk
Index EN-regain · regain · English
regain · rank #10,751 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,751
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH quantitative
Nearest frequency peer: quantitative (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “regain”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- preserving
preserving
89,253 corpus weight
- proxy
proxy
89,252 corpus weight
- quantitative
quantitative
89,251 corpus weight
- regain
regain
89,250 corpus weight
- reminding
reminding
89,249 corpus weight
- renew
renew
89,248 corpus weight
What this shows “regain” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | regain |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹiːˈɡeɪn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,751 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “regain”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around regain (IPA /ɹiːˈɡeɪn/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,751 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "To get back; to recover possession of.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for regain, with forms such as "ergain", "reagin", and "regainn". 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, "rein", "resin", "regal", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain. The correct English form is regain, spelled R-E-G-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1To get back; to recover possession of.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how regain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
DUKAT: I blame no one but myself. I was indiscreet. I compromised myself and have been punished accordingly. If someone under my command had behaved so outrageously, I would do the same thing to him. Besides, I assure you, this is only a temporary setback. Everything I have lost, I will regain. It's only a matter of time.
Sarkozy's total will be seen as a personal failure. It is the first time an outgoing president has failed to win a first-round vote in the past 50 years and makes it harder for Sarkozy to regain momentum.
Etymology
From Middle French regaigner (French regagner). By surface analysis, re- + gain.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ergain
- reagin
- regainn
- regani
- reggain
- regian
- rgeain
- rregain
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regain - 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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).