reginal

adj

"reginal" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“reginal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, relating to, or resembling a queen.

Corpus desk

Index EN-reginal · reginal · English

reginal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for reginal
PropertyValue
Headwordreginal
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “reginal” in English

reginalsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reginal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, relating to, or resembling a queen.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for reginal, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin rēgīnālis, from rēgīna + -ālis. The correct English form is reginal, spelled R-E-G-I-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or resembling a queen.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how reginal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The Regal, or perhaps the hypercritical will have it the Reginal Kennel I am acquainted with in by-gone days, even before Bagshot Heath and its environs were enclosed; I can therefore well conceive, that, from its being originally anything but what it ought, it should be pregnant of kennel lameness, and that simply from the nature of the soil on which it…
  2. Fidei Defensor they could not, would not, or cared not to understand; but Tabaci Tutelaris Regina—patroness of the great chew-quid, smoke-puff, dust-sniff interest—they could. Hence ‘To the Queen;’ and hence the expected rush to this Nicotine Balmoral. Hence the vision of the fair daughters of Albion, North and South, armed with this reginal exotic, pursu…

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rēgīnālis, from rēgīna + -ālis.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reginal"?
"reginal" is spelled R-E-G-I-N-A-L.
What does "reginal" mean?
As an adjective, "reginal" means: Of, relating to, or resembling a queen.
What is the origin of the word "reginal"?
From Medieval Latin rēgīnālis, from rēgīna + -ālis. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list