reis
"reis" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reis” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #42,368) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #42,368
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reis · reis · English
reis · rank #42,368 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,368
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH recollect
Nearest frequency peer: recollect (-2 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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “reis”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- reapply
reapply
57,637 corpus weight
- recidivism
recidivism
57,636 corpus weight
- recollect
recollect
57,635 corpus weight
- reis
reis
57,633 corpus weight
- reo
reo
57,630 corpus weight
- repeatable
repeatable
57,629 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “reis” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
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 | reis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “reis”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for reis is neighbouring look-alikes ("RS", "RI", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #42,368 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Gloss: "The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for reis, with forms such as "eris", "reiss", and "resi". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RS", "RI", "rid", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “head, chief, leader”) The correct English form is reis, spelled R-E-I-S.
Definition
- 1The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.
Etymology
From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “head, chief, leader”)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eris
- reiss
- resi
- rreis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reis - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).