# reign

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹeɪn/ · frequency rank #6,407

## Definitions
1. The exercise of sovereign power.
2. The period during which a monarch rules.
3. The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.

## Etymology
From Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).

## Easily confused with
- **rig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-rig)
- **ren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-ren)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-rin)
- **ruin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-ruin)
- **rein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-rein)
- **rigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-rigs)
- **Riga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-riga)
- **reis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-reis)
- **reit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-reit)
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-resin)
- **reins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-reins)
- **rerun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-rerun)
- **reiki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-reiki)
- **resign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-resign)
- **reigns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-reigns)
- **reigned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reign-vs-reigned)
- **reg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reg-vs-reign)
- **rei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rei-vs-reign)
- **rain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rain-vs-reign)
- **Reid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reid-vs-reign)

## Common misspellings (7)
`erign`, `regin`, `reiggn`, `reignn`, `reing`, `riegn`, `rreign`

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