reigned
/ɹeɪnd/
"reigned" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reigned” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,970. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,970
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of reign
Corpus desk
Index EN-reigned · reigned · English
reigned · rank #23,970 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,970
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH regenerate
Nearest frequency peer: regenerate (-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 “reigned”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ravine
ravine
76,036 corpus weight
- raving
raving
76,035 corpus weight
- redress
redress
76,033 corpus weight
- regenerate
regenerate
76,032 corpus weight
- reigned
reigned
76,031 corpus weight
- reincarnati…
reincarnation
76,030 corpus weight
What this shows “reigned” 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 | reigned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹeɪnd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “reigned”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around reigned (IPA /ɹeɪnd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,970 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of reign".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for reigned, with forms such as "erigned", "regined", and "reigend". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "ruined", "rigged", "reigns", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is reigned, spelled R-E-I-G-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of reign
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how reigned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
1952, Old Testament, Revised Standard Version, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 2 Samuel 8:15, So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Rsv2Sam.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=8&division=div1
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erigned
- regined
- reigend
- reiggned
- reignde
- reignedd
- reignned
- reinged
- riegned
- rreigned
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reigned - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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