Reims
/ɹiːmz/
"reims" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Reims” is uncommon English (frequency #51,355 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,355
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Champagne, Marne department, Grand Est, France.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reims · Reims · English
Reims · rank #51,355 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,355
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Rennes
Nearest frequency peer: Rennes (+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 “Reims”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rebus
rebus
48,651 corpus weight
- Redgrave
Redgrave
48,650 corpus weight
- refereed
refereed
48,649 corpus weight
- Reims
Reims
48,646 corpus weight
- Rennes
Rennes
48,645 corpus weight
- Revlon
Revlon
48,643 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Reims” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reims |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɹiːmz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,355 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Reims” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Reims is uncommon English at frequency #51,355 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɹiːmz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Champagne, Marne department, Grand Est, France.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Reims in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Reims, spelled R-E-I-M-S.
Definition
- 1A city in Champagne, Marne department, Grand Est, France.
This word in other languages
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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