# reis

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,368

## Definitions
1. The holder of an Ottoman military rank akin to that of naval captain.

## Etymology
From Arabic رَئِيس (raʔīs, “head, chief, leader”)

## Easily confused with
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rs)
- **RI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-ri)
- **rid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rid)
- **rep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rep)
- **Rio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rio)
- **rip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rip)
- **rev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rev)
- **rex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rex)
- **rig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rig)
- **rim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rim)
- **res** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-res)
- **Rey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rey)
- **rib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rib)
- **RSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rss)
- **ren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-ren)
- **Roi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-roi)
- **ROS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-ros)
- **REM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rem)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-rin)
- **ret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reis-vs-ret)

## Common misspellings (4)
`eris`, `reiss`, `resi`, `rreis`

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