# region

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹiːd͡ʒn̩/ · frequency rank #1,095

## Definitions
1. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
2. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
3. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
4. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
5. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
6. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
7. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
8. The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
9. A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
10. An approximate range.
11. Place; rank; station; dignity.
12. The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.

## Etymology
From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regiō, from regō. Doublet of regio.

## Easily confused with
- **rein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-rein)
- **reign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-reign)
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-resin)
- **Regis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-regis)
- **resign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-resign)
- **Reston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-reston)
- **Renton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-renton)
- **regions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-regions)
- **religion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-religion)
- **regional** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/region-vs-regional)
- **recon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recon-vs-region)
- **Regan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regan-vs-region)
- **reason** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reason-vs-region)
- **regime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regime-vs-region)
- **reckon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reckon-vs-region)
- **regain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regain-vs-region)
- **regina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regina-vs-region)
- **ration** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ration-vs-region)
- **regimen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regimen-vs-region)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ergion`, `reggion`, `regino`, `regionn`, `regoin`, `reigon`, `rgeion`, `rregion`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/region