Reigate

/ˈɹaɪɡeɪt/

//ˈɹaɪɡeɪt// name

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

The verdict

“Reigate” is uncommon English (frequency #66,980 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,980
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A market town in, and the administrative headquarters of, Surrey, England.

Corpus desk

Index EN-reigate · Reigate · English

Reigate · rank #66,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,980
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH rehydration

Nearest frequency peer: rehydration (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “Reigate”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Reigate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Reigate
PropertyValue
HeadwordReigate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈɹaɪɡeɪt/
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,980
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Reigate” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Reigatefalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “rehydration” (#66,979), “reined” (#66,981), “regulus” (#66,978). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “Reigate” is #66,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Reigate is uncommon English at frequency #66,980 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈɹaɪɡeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A market town in, and the administrative headquarters of, Surrey, England.".

Reigate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Reigate, spelled R-E-I-G-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A market town in, and the administrative headquarters of, Surrey, England.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Reigate"?
"Reigate" is spelled R-E-I-G-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɹaɪɡeɪt/.
What does "Reigate" mean?
As a proper noun, "Reigate" means: A market town in, and the administrative headquarters of, Surrey, England.
How do you pronounce "Reigate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Reigate" is /ˈɹaɪɡeɪt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Reigate" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Reigate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list