Reggie
/ˈɹɛd͡ʒi/
"reggie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Reggie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,000
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A diminutive of the male given name Reginald.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reggie · Reggie · English
Reggie · rank #14,000 · 6 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,000
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH regulating
Nearest frequency peer: regulating (+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 “Reggie”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- rag
rag
86,005 corpus weight
- raj
raj
86,004 corpus weight
- rampant
rampant
86,003 corpus weight
- Reggie
Reggie
86,001 corpus weight
- regulating
regulating
86,000 corpus weight
- repairing
repairing
85,999 corpus weight
What this shows “Reggie” 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 | Reggie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛd͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Reggie”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Reggie (IPA /ˈɹɛd͡ʒi/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,000 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Reggie, with forms such as "erggie", "reggei", and "regie". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Regis", "regime", "Rennie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Reg + -ie. The correct English form is Reggie, spelled R-E-G-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1A diminutive of the male given name Reginald.
- 2A diminutive of the female given name Regina.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Reggie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On Tuesday, Buzzfeed published a long piece by Reggie Ugwu, looking at how a variant of instrumental electronic music had become the favoured soundtrack of the “alt-right”, the US-based far-right movement. Within hours, a website whose strapline declares it is “destroying Jewish tyranny” had picked up on the piece.
Etymology
From Reg + -ie.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erggie
- reggei
- regie
- regige
- rgegie
- rreggie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Reggie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Reggie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).